Fast Easy Traditional Mounting Glue Recipe
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Ingredients needed for mounting 4-6 pieces of 11”X14” works:
Steps:
1. Put 1½ tablespoon of wheat starch in the container.
- 1½ tablespoon of wheat starch (purchase from any Asian grocery store about $1-$2; enough for years; online prices are much higher because of shipping)
- ½ tablespoon of water
- ¼ cup of water
Steps:
1. Put 1½ tablespoon of wheat starch in the container.
2. Pour ½ tablespoon of water into the wheat starch, and mix thoroughly with a spoon. Make sure all of the wheat starch is fully mixed with the water, and that there aren’t any dry powder left.
3. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes.
4. Boil ¼ cup of water. When waiting for the water to boil, stir the starch mixture to make sure the starch does not harden at the bottom.
5. While mixing, slowly pour the boiling water into the starch mixture. Alternatively, pour in 3 or 4 intervals and mix between them. You will see the transparency become semi-transparent.
4. Boil ¼ cup of water. When waiting for the water to boil, stir the starch mixture to make sure the starch does not harden at the bottom.
5. While mixing, slowly pour the boiling water into the starch mixture. Alternatively, pour in 3 or 4 intervals and mix between them. You will see the transparency become semi-transparent.
At this point, the density of the mixture should look like the picture below.
6. Wait for the paste to cool down. It should be ready to mount after.
With leftover paste, cover the container with a lid or plastic kitchen film and put it in the refrigerator. The leftover paste is recommended to be used within one week.
This is the traditional, all-natural mounting glue for sumi-e mounting. Mounted sumi-e works can be taken off from its mounting paper to remount years later. Inversely, sumi-e works mounted with chemical mounting glues cannot be taken off and remounted. It also damages artworks in the long-term, so it’s rejected from being sold in sumiestore.com.
Traditionally, mounting glue /paste is made by following steps:
1. Mix wheat flour and water, and knead it into a wheat flour dough.
2. Wash the wheat flour dough to separate the wheat starch and gluten.
With leftover paste, cover the container with a lid or plastic kitchen film and put it in the refrigerator. The leftover paste is recommended to be used within one week.
This is the traditional, all-natural mounting glue for sumi-e mounting. Mounted sumi-e works can be taken off from its mounting paper to remount years later. Inversely, sumi-e works mounted with chemical mounting glues cannot be taken off and remounted. It also damages artworks in the long-term, so it’s rejected from being sold in sumiestore.com.
Traditionally, mounting glue /paste is made by following steps:
1. Mix wheat flour and water, and knead it into a wheat flour dough.
2. Wash the wheat flour dough to separate the wheat starch and gluten.
3. Heat the separated wet wheat starch to make the mounting glue.
All-natural material makes it possible for a sumi-e work to be preserved for hundreds of years. The first two steps of this traditional method are complex and require timing. The faster and easier recipe we introduced skips these hardest parts of the traditional method with the commercial wheat starch.
All-natural material makes it possible for a sumi-e work to be preserved for hundreds of years. The first two steps of this traditional method are complex and require timing. The faster and easier recipe we introduced skips these hardest parts of the traditional method with the commercial wheat starch.