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By Lyn Diefenbach
Before leaving home I tape at least four sheets of pastel paper (one on top of the other) to a foam core board. Each piece is separated by a sheet of glassine that will also serve to protect the finished work. The entire bundle is then topped with another piece of foam core and clipped together with bulldog clips.
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As I complete a painting, it gets re-covered with glassine and attached to the covering piece of foam core with the clips. At the end of the day I simply put my top and bottom boards (with my work between) back together with the clips. There’s no chasing after flapping paper, and I arrive back home with my paintings in good order.
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