Hey all,
Does anyone have good resources for Vivak cradle-making? Blogs, videos, guides, etc.
Thanks in advance!
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Here are some good articles on working with Vivak:
"Vivak: An Alternative TO Conventional Plexiglas and Museum Board for Exhibition Mounts", Folger Shakespeare Library, Book and Paper Annual 22 pp. 109-110
"Vivak Exhibition Cradles", by Whitney Baker, Head, Conservation Services, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Inside Spencer The KSRL Blog
"Wundercradle: On-site Construction of Custom Exhibit Mounts", by Brenna Campbell, Assistant Conservator, University of Iowa Libraries
"Exhibit Supports: Learning about Vivak", by Pat Fox, Cornell University Library Conservation
You should be able to find these on the internet. Let me know if you can not find them.
Earl Lock