• I need some framing advice: I have a drawing on two layers of ordinary cheap A4 tracing paper which has been squashed in a clip frame for the last 18 years. The sheets are quite ripply. Is there anything I can do to straighten them out, or should I just leave it? I'm going to reframe it with a mat so it's not going to be squashed anymore.


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  • The only methods I know involved wetting the paper, which I assume would wreck the drawing?

  • Probably not the best solution for a double-layered piece, but a suggestion anyway:

    My daughter painted a bird on crappy printer paper which wrinkled like crazy when I put it in a frame, there was no chance of flattening it. So I scanned it, boosted the brightness to loose the slight wrinkling that appeared, and printed it out on some decent paper. It lost some vibrance in the colours but otherwise I'm pleased with the result, and more importantly it hangs on the wall rather than laying hidden in a drawer.

    Good luck with whatever method you use.

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