For the experienced dyer George Weil supplies illuminating and dischargeable acid dyes which are combined with a discharge paste for printing multi-coloured patterned fabrics. The business has grown over the years and is now best known for the coloured pencils which are available in almost every colour and every grade of finish.

I usually use rubbing alcohol with fine results, but have used glass cleaner to clean air brush parts. All colours have extremely strong pigmentation, are lead-free and freely mixable to obtain further shades. The simplest weaving looms include tablet weaving cards and the lucet, progressing to the more substantial inkle looms and rigid heddle looms. Working with polymer clay does not require any special tool, the first shaping and finishing after hardening is commonly done by hand. The paints have been formulated for glass painting, and are also suitable for painting on ceramics, acrylic, plaster, polymer clay and metal.After several years he had developed a wholesale company based on his experience and knowledge of suppliers. Nine years later, in the hands of its founder, it took the nom-de-plume of a famous illustrator, Caran d’Ache.

A denser material bends light more, so not as much material is needed to achieve the same refractive effect as a less dense material.Caran d’Ache – Based around graphite, which is the key ingredient of pencils and can be found in the Swiss Alps, Caran d’Ache was established in Geneva in 1915. The 25 gauge is for general felting and shaping for British wools and the 38 gauge is for finer fibre and detailed shaping.

There are a range of different sized drawing boards, and stretcher frames for making your own canvases as well as adjustable frames for silk painting and batik work.The brushes are also a useful tool for modellers, especially when using silver clay and air-dry clays. Jacquard Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are fine glistening mica powders for use in viscose mediums such as resin, lacquer, varnish and binders, and Jacquard SolarFast dyes work with sunlight to produce “cyanotype” blue print effects – but in a range of different colours! This application requires thickness of between 1/2 and 5/8 inches—anything lower could lead to cracking and warping. The range of clays now includes Sculpey III, and oven baked clay which is a perfect medium for modelling, staying soft until baked to a matte finish, retaining the artists tooling and detailing.