Post AXd2a0JxmR8txXTSvw by kw217@mathstodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #AXcw5v1EKUmZ6Pz0Do by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
       2023-07-12T17:49:52Z
       
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       I have a challenge before me. The main Amarna pieces consist of two large panels, colour-blocked and "spotted" with embroideries representing stories, finds or people from the book "Nefertiti Lived Here". This will have overlays of gauze showing the heads of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, but importantly, I want the overlays not to touch the embroidery, and to be removable.So how can I attach the overlays? Or how can I mount them (as unobtrusively as possible, not with a great heavy frame) so that they are easy for the viewer to "open" away, or haul out of the way, or something?Ideas? Advice? Engineering suggestions? #DreamsOfAmarna #MountingMyWork
       
 (DIR) Post #AXcw5voVNICJZF2M1g by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-07-12T18:52:01Z
       
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       @virtuosew Mount the overlays on a frame and attach the frame with magnets, chosing the strength to make them have just the right strength of removable to your taste?
       
 (DIR) Post #AXcxsWSGXviZ3wMuqu by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
       2023-07-12T19:11:58Z
       
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       @penguin42 The main embroideries are mounted on wood - are there magnets strong enough to work through two inches of beech that are weak enough for a human to break the connection?
       
 (DIR) Post #AXd2a0JxmR8txXTSvw by kw217@mathstodon.xyz
       2023-07-12T19:54:18Z
       
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       @virtuosew @penguin42 you could glue the magnets to the front of the embroidery board, rather than behind - even recess them into it for neatness.Alternatively, put the gauze on two panels (split vertically) and mount with hinges on the outside.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXd2a13L3jRGEGhhey by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-07-12T20:04:40Z
       
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       @kw217 @virtuosew Yeh 2 inches is probably too much; drilling from the back of that beech and putting the magnets close to the surface would probably work.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXd35dcXiOCEp2FUeG by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
       2023-07-12T20:10:22Z
       
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       @penguin42 @kw217 That sounds better. I've spent twenty years on these and glue makes me nervous!