Our friend Neil asked me for an article “off the beaten track”. I'd say you can't get much farther from the beaten track and still keep the workshop in sight. So, here goes…
The way you frame a document, be it a manuscript, drawing, watercolour, print or whatever, on paper or parchment, may seriously affect its fate and the enjoyment you derive from it.
What I intend here is to give you a few hints on the not-to-do things that are often not avoided when you have the work done inexpertly. Seriously, it's the detail that counts, if you want to prolong not only the “life” of your document but its “youth” as well.
A very important ground rule is always to use materials that may be easily and completely…
