As a result the products are always produced utilizing the newest standards in chemical technology to achieve quality and consistency. It has numerous uses in art, picture framing, photo mounting, graphics display, merchandising and more. DEKA – DEKA-Textilfarben, or more simply Deka as it is known in the English speaking world, is a German company based outside Munich. The Speedball lino cut inks, blocks and safety knives are made to prepare and print clear edged images.

We recommend finding a weaving course which will introduce you to the basics and give you the opportunity to use a loom before you invest in one. In addition to the fabrics are a selection of silk scarves in different sizes and ready to be dyed or painted with silk paints or silk dyes. The Acid Dyes which work best on protein fibres such as silk and wool, and some synthetics such as nylon, also include the liquid H Dupont Classique Steam Fix dyes which are used by silk painters and batik artists.The hardest leads are graded as 9H and the softest leads 9B, the softer the lead the blacker the mark. By 1837, under the founder’s son they had concentrated their activities on producing artists’ colours using their skills in selecting the best pigments and binders to the leading artists of the time. Continue reading… Stretching Water Colour Paper When you use a lot of water in your watercolour painting and colour washes the paper will warp and wrinkle as it absorbs the excess moisture.

Our range of fibres include British Wools, Merino wool, cotton, flax and other delicious fibres including alpaca, silk and cashmere.HIGH QUALITY: Strong and lightweight material that is UK manufactured to the highest quality that you have come to expect from the Westfoam range. Many of the Papershed handmade paper products are hand crafted by small rural communities and sourced from Thailand, Southern Africa, Nepal, Bangladesh and India.

Jacquard Procion MX and Jacquard Acid Dyes are popular with hand dyers, while iDye, a powder dye in a dissolvable pack, has been formulated dyeing polyester and other synthetics. Available with a 3mm, 5mm or 10mm thickness, in a variety of sizes and the option of additional lamination. expand title=”Continue reading…” trigclass=”my_special_class”] The Unison Colour business began when John Hersey decided that the manufactured pastels available on the market broke too easily and were not consistent in texture.Natural and synthetic indigo are supplied for use with many dyeing techniques including resist and Shibori patterning. Daler Rowney – The Rowney brothers first opened their business premises in 1783 and started out selling perfumes and powders.

Knitters, crocheters and hand spinners will enjoy a choice of magazines including Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet and Spin Off while the fascinating Piecework magazine includes articles and projects which celebrate the history and diversity of needlework and textile crafts. If you are in possession of the goods you are under the duty to retain them and take reasonable care of them. The simplest weaving looms include tablet weaving cards and the lucet, progressing to the more substantial inkle looms and rigid heddle looms. expand title=”Continue reading…” trigclass=”my_special_class”] The Daler Board Company was established in 1946 and was built around a new type of surface for oil painting that worked well with thick oil colour, and now known as “Daler Board”.Due to its refined surface structure and the large format production (up to 2m width) Smart-X is also perfectly suited for direct digital printing. Speedball has developed two screen printing kits, the Diazo Fabric and the Paper Screen Printing Kit which includes all the essentials needed for the photo emulsion screen printing process which is one of the most exciting screen printing techniques. Venne Colcoton – The Venne business was started in 1982 by Rene van der Venne to supply spinning and weaving supplies direct to craftsmen, along with teaching spinning and weaving, working from a barn of his farm. I was still able to use them by putting the damages side to the wall just sad that greater care in transporting them was not taken.