Arts and Crafts Stack Exchange
Arts and Crafts Stack Exchange

Most Popular

more tags
1500 questions
4
votes
2 answers

Can I add more clay to an object for reinforcement?

yesterday I made a vase (shape is like a regular mug without handle) using regular clay. It was my first pottery attempt. I made it using two slabs, one circular for the base and one rectangle rolled for the body. as I was working on attaching and…
user174174
  • 266
  • 3
  • 7
4
votes
1 answer

How to fix a broken, very thin silver necklace

I am trying to fix a silver necklace. It is, however, too thin for me to just add a new link to to join the broken parts. Can it be welded together somehow, or is there some other preferred methodology? It doesn't have to be a high quality fix at…
Peter
  • 141
  • 1
  • 3
4
votes
1 answer

How to tell if an oil paint in store is thick enough for the wet-on-wet technique?

I have been learning wet-on-wet painting by following along with Bob Ross. In his videos he emphasizes at various times that it is important to have really thick paint. Some of the paints I am using might not be thick enough because I quickly become…
Galen
  • 307
  • 1
  • 6
4
votes
1 answer

Is this an actual, named, stitch?

Is this an actual stitch, or am I just hacking together a knot and a running stitch? Thread needle through the fabric Run the needle through the previous stitch (between the fabric and previous loop's thread) Loop the needle around the thread…
Dave Matney
  • 43
  • 3
4
votes
1 answer

How to color food-safe silicone?

I'm looking to get into silicone casting, and eventually I'm going to want to produce food safe products in custom colors. (Food containers, utensils... teething toys. Stuff that needs to be safe for both food contact and being repeatedly in my, or…
Matthew
  • 161
  • 3
4
votes
2 answers

Is there a clear grout/paste like material for filling in cracks?

I have project made up of small triangles of wood forming a polygonal shape. Between each of the pieces of wood is a gap, and I would like to fill this gap with a clear material that can be sanded. I've tried silicone, but it comes out lumpy and…
Seph Reed
  • 253
  • 1
  • 7
4
votes
1 answer

How to securely glue leather to rubber?

Consider the following shoe: It has some leather that is wrapped around some cork, and held in place by glue and nail. My question is in a very similar scenario: suppose that we replace that cork by rubber, then: Question. How would we be able to…
caveman
  • 251
  • 1
  • 9
4
votes
1 answer

How should I paint/color my Revan fx lightsaber green button to black?

Attached is a picture of my Hasbro Revan lightsaber. It's almost accurate to the actual hilt of the Knights of the Old Republic game. The one thing I want to change is the green button and make it black. What materials do I need or is highly…
David Martinez
  • 41
  • 2
4
votes
1 answer

Is there a standard fix for a pen barrel with worn threads?

I have a funky old pen where the threads on the barrel have worn away. The barrel body and cap are mostly brass. The "business end" of the barrel, in the middle of the picture, is plastic except for the tip, and its plastic threads screw into…
fixer1234
  • 11,490
  • 2
  • 15
  • 48
4
votes
3 answers

Method to fix charcoal to an oil painting

I often work with the specular properties of my paintings. Since charcoal gives me a more matte black than almost any (combination of something with) black oil paint could, I at times want to use it in paintings. But I don't like the charcoal mixing…
Joachim
  • 10,957
  • 5
  • 20
  • 52
4
votes
2 answers

How could I make a twisted cuboid sculpture like this?

I saw a decorative vase or sculpture shaped like what I can best describe as a silver twisted cuboid, please see this 3D model for what I'm talking about: https://skfb.ly/ouSsD The horizontal cross section is a perfect square of the same size from…
Joe Bloe
  • 189
  • 2
4
votes
1 answer

Can I paint with acrylics over household gloss paint (oil-based)?

My daughter decided she wanted to making something out of wood, and the resulting wagon for toys is being painted with leftover household gloss paint in various colours (mainly by me as it's "stinky"). Since we started painting, she's thinking…
Chris H
  • 6,789
  • 12
  • 26
4
votes
2 answers

How to blend black to grey for dark paintings?

I am new to oil paintings and I have found that black is very difficult to work with. I’d like to do some dark/goth paintings but I’m having trouble making the black blend to grey. The transition doesn’t look smooth.
Heather DeSha
  • 41
  • 1
4
votes
0 answers

What is holding this geode together and how?

I have a nice geode sample that is sadly structurally unsound, and I am looking for a solution to make it sturdier so I don't run as much of a risk of it breaking on me. I have a separate geode that has a black material on it that seems like it…
The Man
  • 191
  • 4
4
votes
2 answers

Is GSM a "constant" unit irrespective of what the paper is intended to be used for?

I just bought a 260 GSM photo paper (it is used to get photographs printed). But I was really surprised to find out that it feels thinner as compared to my 250 GSM art papers. I expected that it would feel at least similar to my art paper's…
Vikas
  • 363
  • 2
  • 11
1 2 3
…
99 100