Media?
On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Stephen DiCerbo wrote:
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> context does seem to matter.... the sentence I am struggling with roughly says "he used fabric instead of paper as a XXXXXX in this printmaking method."
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> Ground may have been the term that was flittering around the back of my head, but I would relate that to something like gesso is to canvas. The medium here would be ink and words like panel or support seem too specific and board-like, Surface seems too general (I am describing a technique)
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> I guess my tendency is to go with substrate as of now, but it does seem a bit geological :^)
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> If anything comes to mind give a shout... my grammer proof reader is a tough one...
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> At 09:47 AM 10/5/2011, you wrote:
>> Interesting. I have never been able to come up with a satisfactory word
>> that covers everything and usually call it the surface, or simply refer to
>> whatever is being used...board (or hardboard) canvas, paper. I find a lot
>> of the public use the term "canvas" generically, even with regard paper used
>> for watercolour. Panel is also used a lot, for any hard surface, it seems.
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>> Barry
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>> 'ground' may also be used when you're talking about a specific
>> surface, such as gesso, that is applied to the bottom layer, or
>> 'support'. (Usually the word 'support' is used for something hard like
>> a panel, though.)
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>> That's my recollection from my classes in medieval painting anyway.
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>> K
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>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Frank Ippolito wrote:
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>> > depends on the context, stephen. I would use substrate to describe
>> > the physical object when discussing it's properties and ground to
>> > describe it's use within the rendering process. ground would also be
>> > extended to any preparation to the paper such as laying down a
>> > middle value etc. I have not used - or heard used within my
>> > education - the term support. but there are gaps...
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>> > -frank
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>> >> Hi folks
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>> >> when speaking of paper in drawing, canvas in painting, etc.....
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>> >> I tend to call the pencil, ink, etc as media, but what is the
>> >> word I am looking for the paper or canvas?
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>> >> support? foundation? substrate?
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>> >> there is a word I have used, but I swear my memory facilities are
>> >> fading.... need this for an article I am writing...
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>> >> help would be appreciated what do you call the structure you
>> >> pour your art out on?
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>> >> thanks
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>> >> Stephen
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