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Paperweights used to hold down Art, Posters, or Maps for framing
My local frame shop uses weighted leather discs to lay prints out flat.
These paper weights are essential for keeping rolled posters flat on a table. I can also see them being used in the map / cartography hobby. They're soft, so as not to damage…
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How to get neat edges on embroidery patches?
I'm thinking of making my own sew-on or iron-on embroidery patches. I hope someone here could help with something I can't resolve:
In every tutorial I've seen people say you should do the embroidery and then cut it around the edges. But that would…
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What is the purpose of the ink delivery disks found in most rollerball pens?
See the picture below.
In most rollerball pens there are those peculiar looking disks near the nib, the purpose of which I have not yet figured out, apart from being some kind of ink reservoir/flow control.
Non-uniform separation between the…
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How to copy game box art prints to wall posters?
I have some old, classic computer games ranging from the 1980's to the late 1990's (eg. Shadow of the Beast, Starcraft, Total Annihilation, Awesome, etc.) with the original boxes. Some of these boxes have extremely cool graphic art printed on the…
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Adhesive for very old newspaper
I have just found a moon map published in the UK newspaper The Daily Mail from 1969, which I saved because of the first moon landing and an abiding interest in astronomy. However, it's been folded up for the past 50 years, and was published in two…
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Drawing with white charcoal
Just a quick question since I've been drawing for a long time:
Do I really need that white charcoal pencil? How do you use it? Same as charcoal?
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Caring for Kneaded Erasers
How does one keep a kneaded eraser "healthy"?
They say things like "don't let it lay on the carpet," what else do I have to do? Is there proper way to store it and how long will a kneaded eraser last kept that way?
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Which is warmer for slipper socks—wool or acrylic?
I've read a bunch of pages for what seems like a simple question but haven't been able to find a definitive answer. My main confusion comes from the (in my newbie mind) conflicting statement, where wool presumably is warmer, but acrylic doesn't…
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Why are there air bubbles in my tubes of watercolor paint?
I'm opening new paint tubes for watercolors, and about 50% of the time, the paint starts gushing out slowly. I then hear a few pops. This would be okay if it only happens once when I open the bottle. I opened the black paint tube yesterday, no…
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Maintaining/improving drawing skills without having the time to draw
I'm at school, and my days are busy, I can't draw and do homework at the same time, and my greatest fear is that I lose my drawing skills since I'm looking for scholarships. I mainly work with charcoal.
Any tips on how I can maintain my skills?
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Can you use wall and ceiling texture as plaster slab for drying and wedging clay?
I have a couple bags of wall and ceiling texture that were left in the home that I purchased. I was curious if I could pour a slab of this and use it like the plaster we use in ceramics. I would hate for these bags to go to waste.
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Removing tape adhesive residue from vinyl decals?
I have some custom vinyl decals (Oracal 651) which have already been applied. The decals don't have any printing, they are just cutouts forming shapes.
During the process of cutting out the decals we used some regular clear tape to hold a paper…
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Fibre choice: Why choose wool, cotton, bamboo, acrylic, etc. when crocheting / knitting? Does it make a difference?
What are the reasons to choose one fibre over another - are there advantages and disadvantages for each type of fibre? If I have a pattern that specifies wool, is it usually safe to substitute for cotton, or vice versa?
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What is considered the most durable concrete for jewelry?
I'm trying to tap into some areas of concrete and I'm reaching to find out what might be considered to be the most durable concrete for small piece jewelry.
Or would it be grout? Maybe a plaster that's considered strongest?
If concrete can be made…
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Can I draw dog fur with pencil and then go over it with colored pencils?
I'm a amateur child artist trying to draw this. At the end of the video, the artist uses his pencil to make fur-like textures. However, I want to do this with color. After doing the whole tutorial, drawing the fur and all, can I go over the fur…
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