Unsticking Art Journal Pages

To keep pages in my art journal from sticking together, I use parchment paper. In the states, parchment paper is sold at the grocery store in rolls in the baking department, with the aluminum foil and wax paper. It is usually white or brown. Put parchment paper in between the pages and put it under a bunch of heavy books overnight. It can take a few weeks to truly dry.

You can just keep re-using the paper, and any paint on the parchment could transfer to your page. The yellow on the page below was from used parchment. I don't mind, but you might.

Hope this helps in your quest for unstickification.

Can you see me jumping up and down? My interview with Dawn DeVries Sokol is on Create Mixed Media! Wowee zowee!

 Note: be sure to read the comments for more details about the unsticking process...

Comments

[Janet]

Thanks for the tip. And I like that bit of transferred yellow paint....it looks good.

[Cath]

Do you do this after it dried? I was wondering because some of my heaviest (full of acrylic without any water) always stick together even after dried, I kinda wish that didn't happen but don't want to use parchment paper in every page ;P

[gypsy]

Janet - I adore the bits of transferred paint, you never quite know what will happen. And if the parchment is wrinkled, even better!

Cath, Great question. I wait until the page is a bit dry, and I do use full strength acrylics a great deal as well. I might wait an hour or so if I'm working on loose paper, then put parchment on the page and then under books for a few days. If I'm working in a journal, I am less patient so I might just wait a few minutes and get if the paint smears a bit. It might take a few weeks for the page to fully "dry" so having the parchment in between ensures that they dry without being literally stuck together. In all of the pages I've done, there have just been a handful that need parchment for some infinite amount of time.

Tammy

[Cath]

Thanks for the tip ;) Will definately keep this in mind next time! Sometimes I don't do heavy pages because I don't want them to stick together and ruin another page =)

[Nessa]

i also use parchment paper on my journal but only my moleskines because i don't have problems with the others...It must be the moleskine's paper... i think
Thanks for sharing
nessa