art supplies

My Mac is an iMac. Apple only now that the Ubuntu box is being used as a server.

An on-goingly updated list of the elixers, parts, pieces, and higgeldy pie of a mixed media room with comments on use and efficacy:

Paints, Stains, Surface Preparations, and Finishes
Daler-Rowney acrylics
Marie’s water colour acrylics
I learned recently — there truly is a difference in paint quality. one easy way to tell cheap acrylics — to me anyway — is the texture of the paint. I recently bought lumpy paint and it sure as hell didn’t go on anything like the Daler-Rowney
Plaid brand craft paints (acrylics - Apple Barrel and Craft Smart)
DecorArt Staining and Antiquing Medium Delta Ceramcoat varnishes (polyurethane liquids and sprays)
Sophisticated Finishes antiquing solutions, metallic surfacers
Gesso - currently using Daler - Rowney acrylic gesso -
white Folk Art (Plaid) floating medium
Golden Gel Mediums
Ace Hardware latex paints (Ace spray paint truly is a better paint than other brands)
more to come as soon as the Hoosier cabinet contents are fully revealed…

Glues, Stick ‘ems, and Tackies
Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue - favorite glue of all time because white glue just works on about everything.
UHU all Purpose twist & glue - second favorite glue — I use this all the time with paper other white glues which are not immediately evident
Adhesive Tech “the Glue Tube” - nice sponge applicator but kinda’ runny
Gorilla Glue - mega-glue supreme
Good old Elmer’s Glue - gotta’ love it
Elmer’s Rubber Cement Bondini Krazy Glue (gel)
Loctite super glue caulking
more to come…

Implements (this list grows daily and includes only name-brand items)
Royal paint brushes, rubber grips
Loew-Cornell paint brushes and other paint-related items like Multi-Bins & paint trays OXO grip everything from scissors to needle-nose pliers to staplers
Great Neck vises
Columbian magnetic vise grip attachments
Wilton vise
DREMEL everything (I have two of them, one rechargeable, one w/cord. Cord one obviously more RPMs)
CrockPot mini for bee’s wax
this is getting fun, let’s see what else is in here–
Lots of Exacto knives, all sizes and shapes
Apollo “exacto” knife set in wooden case
Fiskars scissors (of course)
PowerShot staple gun
Anchor wires - copper, galvanized steel in various gauges
Hand Care brand great big ol’ Bag O’Gloves
Walnut Hollow Hot Marks (nice tool, does all kinds of great things)
Uchida — Marvy Embossing Heat tool (Christmas present, real handy when art is a now thing, not a dry and then finish later thing
FireChief made in the USA box matches

Serious Technical Supplies iBook G4 (duh, der, duhweewee, mine’s a 12″ and it is loved every day of its life — update 2007:*the f’in thing died on me, see iBook page)
iMac - second-hand, I pray for its long life but wonder about the source.
HP Photosmart C4810 which has some scanner driver problems but aside from that it works quite well. the problems are mac related. the mac driver software for this printer was not available as US but could be downloaded from AU HP website until just last Aug. but now HP has a US version. The AU driver software as well as the US contains bugs but I probably still would have bought the all-in-one regardless.
Samsung ML-1740 laser printer
(driver information for both printers available here on this here blog here. Linux and Mac info for the Samsung. Really, try searching, betcha’ find it… if not, email me vmac a@t macewan d0tt net
Sony Cybershot DSC-F707 The tried and true, most loyal and wonderful camera. Even though it was purchased in 2000, I would be hard-pressed to find a camera from 2007 that worked as well for me.

Pens and Pencils — list arriving later next week along with links to purchasing options for art supplies

Ephemera! Found Objects! From everywhere! Compiling a list would be silly and would take months to complete but it would never really BE complete because it is ever changing. There’s just not enough time. Let it be noted that thanks be to Amanda and Evelyn for their marvelous items (and to Mandy for putting up with it all), to Phoebe Kate for her grandfather’s wonderful 1900s ads, to Ruth for her stereoptican slides, to Peggy for all the marvelous found objects from her parent’s house, to Robert for his roadside finds & his bricks & wheels…
A list of where parts come from:
eBay auctions
Greenville, NC — Remember When — on Dickenson Ave, Hi Ann! — hope you are having a good day.
Salvation Army in whatever town one travels through ditto for Goodwill Industries, Inc. Washington, NC — Annie’s Attic - An Options store. Stop domestic violence.

And…
Spay and neuter your pets. a plethora of second-hand stores in the Morehead City area of NC Raleigh, NC — The State Fair Grounds Flea Market, the uber-site for all things mixed media Hunter’s Bridge, NC — Oden’s Store Washington, NC — Twice Is Nice Pittsburgh, PA — Salvation Army, Goodwill, C4 Fort Smith, AR- Hot Springs, AR- Cincinnati, OH- up and down I-95 and I-40, Washington, NC — Carolyn Sleeper’s studio Eindhoven, Well, & Venlo, NL - various shops in Holland NYC - all over the place Princeton, NC - roadside Maysville, NC - defunct antique store more to come…