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Articles
Christmas Idea: How to Make a Christmas Card
Submitted by: Tony Maddison
Christmas is just
around the corner! That means it's time to start thinking about what to get
everyone as gifts for Christmas day. While it can get expensive, one way to
save a little money is to make up your Christmas cards yourself. Here's how.
There is a
certain feeling that arises when you make your own Christmas card for someone
special in your life. These cards are the true expression of the person and
usually have much value to the recipient than store bought card, no matter how
expensive they may be. The first step in the making of these cards is to find
out the interest of the recipient. Are you creating a card for your special
friend?
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The Elegance of Fine Art Tapestries:
Submitted by: Angela Dawson-Field
An everyday
commodity combined with the exclusivity of the art world, fine art tapestry
provides a melange of elegant home décor suited to most homes. Wall tapestries
bring a combination of tactile luxury and good taste through distinctive art
and textile design.
Recent
advances in technology have meant the art based tapestries that have retained
their popularity for centuries continue to be a sought after item for the
modern home.
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Metal Art Casting and the Basics of Casting Metal Art:
Submitted by: Ivan Smith
Casting is
one of the earliest known forms of metal working. In its most basic form, it
involves heating metal until it is molten and then pouring it into a mold. As
the metal cools it takes the shape of the mold. Early castings were crude in
finish with a lot of surface anomalies that required a great deal of machine
work to get the desired quality of surface texture. Modern casting techniques
produce very fine tolerances and the casting requires little or no finishing
work.
The artist
who creates metal art castings needs to be both a foundry man and an artist.
Bronze is one of the earliest alloys known to man and is made up of tin and
copper. Being malleable, it becomes a liquid of low viscosity when melted and
thus has the ability to fill even small crevices in a mold, allowing for the
production of castings with fine detail. Although bronze castings are the most
common, nearly any metal can be cast. The artist needs to know what kind of
mold to use with what metal. And he needs to know how to melt metal.
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