Painting a pickguard?

[ehdwuld]

Maybe the thing to do, then, would be to have the artist create their work on some kind of paper - not directly on the pickguard itself - and then either send it to Dali or try to recreate his process. Not to volunteer anyone, but this could avoid any pitfalls. Additionally, if the work is created on paper, then it can be scanned and copies made, in case there are issues getting it to adhere to the pickguard.

alternately
trim the painters medium of choice to the shape of the pickguard
let them paint it
then affix it to the pickguard with an adhesive

if they want canvas to paint on or paper

you could first affix the paper or canvas to the pickguard

let them paint that
then that should stick

and clear

test the clear on painted samples of the medium ( from the trimmings from covering the pickguard )