Glazing zebra can be either glass or acrylic. Only glass should be used with any friable media such as unfixed pastels, charcoals, or animal graphite, never acrylic pictures as it can damage the work by attracting these materials. There are many brands of acrylic glazing to choose from; one with an ultraviolet zebra filter is recommended. animal The frame and the pictures mat should zebra and animal be deep enough to prevent the artwork from touching the glazing. A stiff backboard behind the mat protects and supports the matted artwork. It is best to use non-acidic boards. A dust seal with paper or tape pictures is also recommended. What damage results from zebra and animal using poor quality mat board? Avoid mat boards containing pictures wood pulp which causes "matburn"--a darkening of the paper under the mat or at the bevel cut of the window zebra mat. This type of stain permanently weakens the paper animal fibers and is not easily removed or lightened in conservation treatment.

Our studio grew out of Maurel Press originated in 1955 by artists pictures and zebra Sheila and Ary Marbain. animal It opened pictures as a custom screen zebra printing shop specializing in printing with contemporary artists. Sheila had studied art at Black animal Mountain College in North Carolina with Joseph Albers, pictures Ilya Bolotowsky and William deKooning from 1948 through 1950. Ary had worked and exhibited zebra as a painter in France for many years. After the sudden death of Ary Marbain in 1963, the studio was closed for animal a year. Sheila then decided to modernize the workshop and introduce screen photography along with a new vacuume printing table. Our studio reopened on 23rd Street in Manhattan. With an assistant, Sheila plunged into printing three dimensional objects. A plexiglass airship pictures for Lichtenstein, zebra an Oldenburg soft drum set, a set of dominoes with Fahlstrom, animal and a large pictures fabric banner with Marisol were some of the editions.

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