The brand was later sold to Eberhard Faber who continues to manufacture and market it under the name “FIMO”, reflecting the enthusiasm of the little girl. After curing in the oven, Super Sculpey can be sanded, drilled carved and painted with water-based acrylic paints. It can be cut easily with a craft knife to give the sharpest of detail to any construction, from a product prototype to a scale model of an entire city. Sculpey Premo retains flexibility after baking ensuring the finished product remains strong and durable in use.

This was followed by developing a range of different products such as pads which are still part of the range, canvas panels, stretched canvases, mountboards and artist’s luggage. 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.Used extensively in the exhibition and display industry it is the ideal product for short and medium term use. Printed fabrics have a soft handle making the Selectasine Screen Printing system ideal for printing custom t-shirts, and fabrics for clothing and upholstery. HIGH QUALITY: Strong and lightweight material that is UK manufactured to the highest quality that you have come to expect from the Westfoam range.

Continue reading… Canvas fabrics include ready primed cotton canvas in a choice of weights and grains, unprimed cotton duck canvas, and primed or unprimed linen canvas fabric. Create stunning one of a kind items of jewellery, charming miniatures for your doll’s house or create sculptures for the home or garden.There are also Tinted Charcoal pencils for shading as well as special-purpose items such as the Aquatone range of 24 sticks of water soluble colour. The brushes can be used to paint water over watercolours to help blend colours or to dissolve water soluble media such as the watercolour pencils and crayons from Derwent and Caran d’Ache.

Initially the pastels were all made in the rooms of his house, along with using the spare bedroom for packing and storage.expand title=”Continue reading…” trigclass=”my_special_class”] The hand cards are manufactured to the specifications developed by the Howard Brothers Company from 1866. Essdee – George Weil supplies a range of synthetic and naturally occurring dyes as well as pigmented paints for colouring the fabrics, yarns and fibres used by textile artists and students.

It reviews and reports on the work of leading crafts people and exhibitions and includes news from the WSD Guilds. Papershed – The Papershed brand was originally developed by Kath Russon and acquired by the George Weil Group in 2004.If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. Holding on to tradition Derwent still produce two classic collections, the Studio and Watercolour pencils which are available in the 72 original colours. You should consider using a trackable carriage service or purchasing carriage insurance for items of value. Also 2 of the boards had finger indentations on the top edge which were quite visible - not a problem for some uses but the two problems prevented me from using them for what i had intended, setting them aside now for expensive packaging material.