Who am I? I am an Estonian too, my name is Jüri Ülesoo. On the photo you see me with my dog Josper. I''m not really the artist but I like art. art deco decorating some years ago i made some oil paintings but not now. i''ll try to be the curator for some estonian artists on the internet and here you see my first step - navitrolla''s gallery (thanks to lile elam and art deco decorating on the net). the problem is that few estonian artists have computers, good communication connection and time to learn and use it. i want to show their works to the whole world and the internet is the best tool for it. until the artist has his (her) own internet connection and e:mail address i will be mediator for him. so, you can e:mail your opinions to me and i will give them to the artists. during the "day" i work as a marketing manager in the estonian, latvian and lithuanian deco area for finnish concern valmet (for valmet automation - producer of process automation systems). i am a member of lions clubs international.

do not store or display works of art in areas decorating and art of potentially high humidity or water leakage, e.g. basement, bathroom, outside walls, under pipes. avoid areas where temperature and humidity fluctuate, or where there is inadequate air circulation, e.g. attic and places listed above. do not hang artworks over or under radiators, heating and cooling vents, active fireplaces, humidifiers, and vaporizersa. the hygroscopic nature of wood means that it will take water from the atmosphere and expand, but it will contract as the humidity lessens. the direction of shrinkage is almost always around the circumference, which causes a solid piece of wood to crack vertically. keeping it in a steady relative humidity can stabilize the sculpture; if deco the wood does not absorb or release moisture, it will no longer expand or contract.

once a wooden sculpture has been dehydrated cracks will appear, where even exposure to high relative humidity will not make the cracks close up entirely. however, conservators can fill the cracks with a variety of materials to create a unified visual impression. what should i ask for when matting and framing works of art on paper? mat board should be made from 100% rag or lignin-free cellulose. sometimes those labelled as "museum board" or "conservation board" are not of the highest quality. alkaline buffered boards are not sufficient decorating if the board contains wood pulp. photographs should not be matted with alkaline buffered boards art as some prints are adversely effected deco by alkalinity. hinges are used to attach the work of art to the backboard of the mat. they should be made of japanese paper, and should be adhered with decorating wheat starch paste. pressure sensitive adhesive tapes and pre-gummed tapes should not be used. photographs are often attached to the mat with photo corners.