Tappan Vellum Launch 5.12.22

Featuring new mixed media works on vellum.

What is Vellum Made Of?

Short answer: Vellum is made of cellulose fibers (plants, trees).

Historically, vellum was made by stretching calf skin over a wooden frame and processing it in preparation for writing. Though animal-based vellum is still manufactured today, it is a very time consuming and expensive process, leaving modern vellum to be made by machine with cellulose fibers.

How is Vellum Paper Made?

Both translucent (see-through) and opaque (non see-through) papers are made with cellulose fibers. When air is trapped between the fibers, paper is opaque. When air is not present in the fibers, paper is translucent (vellum).

Vellum is created by beating and processing cellulose fibers until there is no air present, resulting in dense, moisture-rich sheets you can see though.

Alien

22 inch x 28 inch
Mechanical pencil, colored pencil, ink, oil pastel, casein on vellum

Between I & Sea

22 inch x 28 inch
Acrylic, oil pastel, ink, mechanical pencil on vellum

Buyantogtokh

34 inch x 34 inch
Acrylic, mechanical pencil, oil pastel on vellum

Jowl Dao

34 inch x 36 inch
Acrylic, mechanical pencil, oil pastel on vellum

Longing and Belonging

34 inch x 36 inch
Acrylic, mechanical pencil, ink, oil pastel on vellum

Migration

76 inch x 48 inch
Acrylic, oil pastel, ink, mechanical pencil on vellum

Sole Proprietorship

36 inch x 44 inch
Acrylic, oil pastel on vellum

White King

22 inch x 28 inch
Mechanical pencil, colored pencil, ink on vellum



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