The Best Glassine for Protecting Paintings, Drawings, and More Works

A smooth, glossy paper that’s air, water, and grease resistant, glassine is used by artists to wrap paintings and place between stacked drawings, etchings, prints, maps, and watercolors. Because its surface is so smooth, the material isn’t abrasive to delicate drawings rendered in easy-to-smudge mediums like vine charcoal or chalk pastel. An environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative to plastics, films, and foils, glassine is also used as a barrier between food products lik