I'm perhaps a little obsessive about this, but I think a piece of calligraphy (or indeed any art) is spoiled if the paper it is written on has unwanted creases in it. Unfortunately paper is very unforgiving - very easy to accidentally dint it, but pretty much impossible to "un-dint"! It's for this reason that I choose a heavyweight paper (at least 200gsm) for any pieces that I feel will be moved around my studio a great deal - every move on and off the drawing board is a potential time for bruising the paper.
I'm also careful not to press the paper against the edges of my drawing board - if I'm really concerned about this, with a piece that will hang over the bottom of the board while I'm working in it, I may pad the edges of the board.
(The foam insulation for plumbing pipes is perfect for this - just slide a piece onto the bottom of your board.
The family tree I've just been adding to has, in the past, been quite badly creased, which is a shame as such a lot of work went into creating the piece. I thought about trying to remove some of them, but decided that I risked making matters worse, and as the customer hadn't mentioned them, I might just be drawing attention to something she wasn't concerned about!
(Keep your obsessions to yourself, Janet!)
I'm also careful not to press the paper against the edges of my drawing board - if I'm really concerned about this, with a piece that will hang over the bottom of the board while I'm working in it, I may pad the edges of the board.
(The foam insulation for plumbing pipes is perfect for this - just slide a piece onto the bottom of your board.
The family tree I've just been adding to has, in the past, been quite badly creased, which is a shame as such a lot of work went into creating the piece. I thought about trying to remove some of them, but decided that I risked making matters worse, and as the customer hadn't mentioned them, I might just be drawing attention to something she wasn't concerned about!
(Keep your obsessions to yourself, Janet!)
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