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  • 21tissue paper —    A type of paper which is very thin and strong, available in many colors. Because of its pliable and translucent qualities, it is especially good for making collages. To adhere it to any of various supports, try using diluted glues or liquid… …

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  • 22tracing and tracing paper —    Making a drawing by referring to an image visible underneath it. Tracing paper is made translucent for this purpose. While artists sometimes use tracing simply as a means of copying another image, and often their own image, they use it best to …

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  • 23wax paper — wax′ pa per n. a whitish, translucent wrapping paper made moistureproof by a paraffin coating • Etymology: 1835–45 …

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  • 24Vellum — (from the Old French Vélin, for calfskin [ [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=vellum Online Etymological Dictionary] ] ) is mammal skin prepared for writing or printing on single pages, scrolls, codices or books. It is generally thin,… …

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  • 25photography, history of — Introduction       method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… …

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  • 26Parchment — For other uses, see Parchment (disambiguation). Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most… …

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  • 27East Asian calligraphy — Chinese name Traditional Chinese 書法 Simplified Chinese …

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  • 28Penciller — Artist Whilce Portacio sketching at a convention. A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms. The penciller is the first step in rendering the story in visual form …

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  • 29Kunigami language — The Kunigami language is a colloquial variant of the Okinawan language that is spoken largely in the Kunigami district of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Like other variants of Okinawan, Kunigami is part of the Ryukyuan languages family. ISO 639 3… …

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  • 30Un Coup de Dès Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard (Broodthaers) — Un Coup de Dès Jamais N Abolira Le Hasard ( A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance ) is an artist s book by Marcel Broodthaers published November 1969 in Antwerp. The work is a close copy of the first edition of the french symbolist poet… …

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