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About Stretching Canvases

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Taryn Okesson
Sep 29, 2023
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I thought I was going to be clever and put these together in a production. I don't like wrangling all four pieces at once. My clever idea was to glue one corner and assemble.

It was when I was stretching the canvas I realized that they were wonky. Eight out of twelve leaned as much as a half inch or more out of true. And I gorilla glued them. TO MAKE SUR…

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