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  2. Silverpoint - Wikipedia

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    Silverpoint is one of several types of metalpoint used by scribes, craftsmen and artists since ancient times. Metalpoint styli were used for writing on soft surfaces (wax or bark), ruling and underdrawing on parchment, and drawing on prepared paper and panel supports. For drawing purposes, the essential metals used were lead, tin and silver.

  3. Papermaking - Wikipedia

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    Muslims invented a method to make a thicker sheet of paper. This innovation helped transform papermaking from an art into a major industry. [7] [6] The earliest use of water-powered mills in paper production, specifically the use of pulp mills for preparing the pulp for papermaking, dates back to Samarkand in the 8th century. [8]

  4. Printmaking - Wikipedia

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    Woodcut, a type of relief print, is the earliest printmaking technique. It was probably first developed as a means of printing patterns on cloth, and by the 5th century was used in China for printing text and images on paper.[1] Woodcuts of images on paper developed around 1400 in Japan, and slightly later in Europe.

  5. Margaret E. Knight - Wikipedia

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    Paper bag machine. Parent (s) Hannah Teal and James Knight. Margaret Eloise Knight (February 14, 1838 – October 12, 1914 [1] [2]) was an American inventor, notably of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags. She has been called "the most famous 19th-century woman inventor". [3] She founded the Eastern Paper Bag Company in 1870, creating ...

  6. The Last Supper (Leonardo) - Wikipedia

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    The painting was done on a thin exterior wall, so the effects of humidity were felt keenly, and the paint failed to properly adhere to it. Because of the method used, soon after the painting was completed on 9 February 1498 it began to deteriorate. [11] In 1499, Louis XII contemplated removing the painting from the wall and taking it to France ...

  7. Origami - Wikipedia

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    Origami ( 折り紙, Japanese pronunciation: [oɾiɡami] or [oɾiꜜɡami], from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" (kami changes to gami due to rendaku)) is the Japanese art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin.

  8. Transfer of panel paintings - Wikipedia

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    The ground of the painting was then removed by solvents or scraping, until nothing remained but a thin skin of colour, pasted over with paper and held together by the muslin. A prepared canvas was then attached to the back of the paint layer, using the same method as was used for lining pictures. When the glue had dried, the paper and muslin ...

  9. Relief printing - Wikipedia

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    Relief printing is a family of printing methods where a printing block, plate or matrix, which has had ink applied to its non-recessed surface, is brought into contact with paper. The non-recessed surface will leave ink on the paper, whereas the recessed areas will not. A printing press may not be needed, as the back of the paper can be rubbed ...

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