What is gesso? — Mathieson Fine Art
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Literally translated, gesso is Italian for chalk, plaster, or gypsum. In practice, this is reasonably representative of what it materially is. Indeed, the key ingredients in gesso are chalk (or other calcium-based minerals) and a binder. Traditional gesso has two parts: the filler and the binder. Th
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