now this is some calligraphy art workon xuan paper. xuan paper has been made by hand in chinafor some 1400 years. xuan paper is very thin and flexible... ...almost like tissue paper. we're using amist of water to relax the fibers and... ...get it very flat on the table. this is li hongliang. he's the master mounterthat i've been working with for about 12 years. fast-forward: the paper has dried outa little and is going on the hot press for about 30 seconds.
out of the press... ...and onto the table for a quickinspection. and now it goes on to a layer of xuan paper that we've previouslyprepared with heat-activated adhesive. we're ironing this to laminate theartwork to the second layer of xuan paper.the guy with the iron is... wang shidi. he's been workinghere for about 6 years. now going to the cutting table,we'll trim of that excess... ...paper and crop the artwork. this is the final crop for the artwork where we will make sure we havea straight and square cut.
this is wang wei. he's been working with us for over 8years now. i expect he's going to open his own mountingworkshop soon but perhaps his loyalty is the only thingstopping him. i recently talked to him about thissuggesting he open a shop but he says he's happywhere he's at for now. this was his first job after graduatingfrom the chinese public school system where he started age 16 or 17 here. in some cases the artwork may have a rough edge
or some kind of problem. this is thestage where we take of that and trim away any of those problems. now the artwork has been trimmed andwe'll roll out some silk brocade cloth. we previously prepared this silkby adding a layer of xuan paper to the backside that servesto give the silk some additional body. the first cuts will create the sideborders of the wall scroll. next we cut the top and bottom silkpanels. you can see the careful measurements toensure these pieces are square straight and exactly the right size.
this is some brown key line tape.we actually make this tape ourselves by dying some xuan paper brown and thenadding some heat activated adhesive... ...to the back. we usethis key line tape to attach the side borders to the artwork. a gap is left to leave a lineon the front side. this line will serve to visually framethe artwork. this is a nice extra step that gives the artwork a feel of quality. some workshops skip all the key line taping that you'regoing to see here and just throw everything together. that may work fortourist-trash and low quality wall scrolls
but our goal is a quality product... ...that our customerswill be proud to hang on their wall. so there's one side... ...and a flip to the other side. this is oneof those things that is done completely by hand ...and it's experience that gets you astraight line in the final product. now wang wei attaches the bottom silkpanel. this is a high stress point so it gets... ...two layers key line tape. the top panel goes on, again with a double layerof key line tape.
these top and bottom panels will get trimmed to a final size later. the side borders and top panels need tobe bonded together. so, some heat-activated adhesive isapplied and ironed on. this adds strength and makes alow-profile seam between the silk. now we need to create a flap or pocketwhere the wall scroll's roller will be attached later. an adhesive strip is added first then aflap of paper. the process is similar for makinga pocket for wooden top frame... ...of the wall scroll.now we're going to bond
all this together, while giving it somemore body. this will be done by adding a sheet of xuan paper to the back.first a sheet of heat- activated adhesive is rolled out.this must be laid perfectly flat... ...otherwise you get bumpsin the finished product. now we pull out a ream of xuan paper andget out a single sheet. about 12 years ago when we started, thesesheets would cost about 25 cents each. now they cost over a dollar.this adds up quickly when you make a couple thousand wall scrolls per year.the paper size you see here is the most standard for artwork in china.it's about 68cm by 136cm.
they call this size "si chi", or roughly translated "four-foot paper". this is from an old chinese footmeasuring about 33cm or 13 inches.this is why you find most artwork in multiples of 33cm.for instance, the calligraphy artwork we're mounting here is 33cm wide, and about 99cm tall. we'll iron this starting at the middleworking towards the edges if you're counting layers here, there'sthe artwork, a sheet of paper and adhesive added to that,
and now a third layer paper adhesive.if you count where the key line tape is there are a few more layers buried incertain places. now we're back on the cutting table. it's time to do the final trimmingof the extra silk and paper. by the way, the paper is too expensive two waste, so it'll go on the back up anothersmaller wall scroll later. we actually waste very little in materialsand recycle even the smallest trimmings. this is the final trim, so it must bestraight and square. you see a lot of careful measuring here.
back to the ironing and assembly table. more key line tape is pulled out. and, this time we'll put a nice edge onthe wall scroll. when finished this will show some tape on the front of thewall scroll. but will also roll around to the backsealing the edges. this way, the silk cloth will be protectedfrom unraveling at the edge. it also gives the scroll a nice look. we use anywhere from 15 to 20 meters of key line tape on a single wall scroll. so, we make a lot of this tape in our shop.
now it's time to press the wall scroll.each pressing is 30 seconds, so i think i'll fast forward about 10x the normal speed. otherwise this segment of pressing would take 10 minutes. we stagger the pressing so if the edgeif one pressing is in one spot the next pressing will overlap so we don't pressin a crease. a final run through the press. and back to the assembly table. we now have one solid laminated piece. next we'll measure the roller for cutting. we now use a cardboard tube.i used to insist on using wood but we had
some problems with warping and splintering wood. the cardboard tube is consistent and uniform. another benefit is, the cardboard tube isnearly the same strength at half the weight and a quarter of the cost of wood.this saves up to $10 in postage and nearly$10 in material costs on each wall scroll.once mounted it's visually impossible to tell the difference. we save our customers up to $20on each wall scroll which is a
huge savings. of course we still do offer wood byspecial request but that's $20 extra. off to the swedish-made nobex miter saw. where we'll cut the top frame and roller. now you can see the tube is kind ofunfinished here. this is one our wood knobs going in. you can see a little bit of cardboardtube would show around the edge. so we want it to look like this. we add some key line to hide that andgive it a finished look.
when finished it looks like this on thefront side. ...and here's the backside. it's a lot of effort to add this key line to hide wasis basically one millimeter of cardboard but it'sworth it. after being disappointed with thequality of wood knobs on the market, i now design and make my own wood knobs. the knobs are secured with three nails here. we tried glue and othermethods but the tight fit of our proprietary knobs
and three nails per knob works out thebest. it's time to add the wooden top frame.there's a few strips reinforcement added since this is a high stress point. we apply some adhesive strips first andthen the wood frame is added. the flaps are wrapped around and theseam is hidden with some key line tape. all scrolls are delicate by nature. we try to make him as strong as possible.if you take good care of your wall scroll, it can last, for decades. we actually havesome wall scrolls that have been hanging
in the same place for 10 years.they still look great with just some occasional dusting. all you need to do is keep pets, children, and direct sunlight away. once a whilemaybe touch it with a feather duster. this next part is often misunderstood.this tan strip of paper being added to the back is actually a label for the wall scroll.this has been done for centuries in china. it just gives you a place to write thetitle of the wall scroll.
in the past this helped gallery ownersto identify which wall scrolls which. when you order custom calligraphy from us the title if you're calligraphy andorder number is written there in pencil. now some strips of adhesive are addedto these flaps for the roller. special care is taken here as the rollermust be perfectly straight. as usual the seam is hidden withsome key line tape. the wall scroll is almost done.just missing one element. that of course is the ribbon.this is what you're going to use to hang on your wall scroll in your home,
office, or dojo. we use nail in brass eyelets. measuring to make sure the eyelets are the same distance apart for symmetry. using an ample amount of ribbon fed throughthe eyelets and tied off here. and a final knot in the middle that will have two tales protruding.some people like to let those tales lay flat in front of the top silk panel. others like to hide thembehind the wall scroll. now here's the wall scrollready to roll up and ship.
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