Re: [BKARTS] gel medium

[Kathleen Garness <kmgfinearts@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm curious as to why wheat or rice paste for making bookcloth, and  
the technique you use with that.

Kathy G


On Nov 1, 2007, at 4:52 PM, Ginnie Mickelson wrote:

> An adhesive for what? I use Golden's Soft Gel, Matte for pasting  
> collage items, but for book binding I use PVA with methyl cellulose  
> added. For making book cloth, I use wheat or rice paste.
>
> Ginnie Mickelson
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Kim Boyd <kaboyd@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I am interested in the pros and cons for using gel medium as an
> > adhesive.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Kim Boyd
>
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