Posted By:
E, Daniel
And again, I firmly believe that no matter the softness of the art gum eraser - the act of rubbing back and forth on paper fibres so as to remove a layer of 'something' from its surface would undeniably have impact on the integrity of that surface. Just becasue artists use them for do overs doesn't mean that the effect isn't actual, just that visually it is so minimal they can go on and have their artistic efforts be eye clean. Are there loads of unintentioal ways of impacting the surface of the card, sure. But I see it as a very obvious line one crosses when you do these things intentionally.
Further, though I never did the follow-up, I find it impossible to believe that swelling paper fibres through a good soaking has no effect on them on-goingly.
The rather facetious notion (not suggesting you have put it forward) that cards have previously been left in the rain or flooded in a basement does not take away from the simple premise:
Do you feel it is your right to knowingly and actively make alterations to the cards you buy/own?
I don't. But grind your teeth not (joke ), I won't be pushing this old barrow any further. As usual I just needed to have my say.
Regards
Daniel