Sentences with phrase «as scraps of paper»

Evans meticulously assembles prosaic materials, such as scraps of paper, scotch tape, pencil shavings and correction fluid into diagrams, maps, flowcharts and diary entries that obsessively catalogue the fragments of a life.

Conversely, if we were speculators, we would view stocks as scraps of paper to be traded.

Without so much as a scrap of paper for notes, Mark stood in front of that bare microphone stand, looked into the video camera, and waited for what seemed like an eternity.

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And recycling doesn't add any significant expenses of its own: Recyclers of products as diverse as paper and glass and plastic scrap and batteries offer free collection.

As he proudly told us what was in the spectacular salsa, I scribbled a few notes down on a scrap of paper, fully intending on recreating it once I got home.

Borrow this tip from Morcilla and, when you're not snacking on paper - thin slices of this fancy Spanish ham as it's typically served, save the scraps for enriching croquettes or this savory Serrano Ham and Poblano Corn Pudding.

As noted in the Is my Baby a Picky Eater page, your baby may suddenly begin to refuse to eat because she has more important things to do — like pull on the cat's tail or munch the scrap of paper she just found.

Elsewhere, over at Yahoo Voices, Lisa Riggs explains how to make a semi-permanent office of sorts out of cardboard boxes (think boxes as the desk and computer) and over at Parenthood 360, Kristen M. Anderson suggests setting up «a mini office for your toddler» complete with crayons and scrap pieces paper, to keep your little one occupied while you work.

Provide your child with a variety of art - making supplies such as scissors, paper, glue, scraps of fabric, paper, paints and so on (See a complete list of art and crafts supplies to keep around the house), and encourage him to experiment with them.

Paste these and other items, such as scraps of cloth, yarn, string, or cotton balls, to paper.

This was the exact moment it was clear she was a lunatic, reading scraps of paper her aides wrote without thinking and using them as the basis for the country's future prosperity.

Materials • Rubbing alcohol (70 percent isopropyl alcohol) • Measuring spoons • Small bowl • Three long strands of human hair (about 20 centimeters long) • Cotton swabs • Measuring tape or ruler • Thin, flat piece of plastic that can easily be cut (about 8.0 cm long and 8.0 cm wide), such as from the lid of a disposable deli container • Scissors (strong enough to cut the plastic piece) • Dime • Tape • Two small nails • Glue • Scrap piece of wood or flat Styrofoam (about 25 cm long and 10 cm wide) • Hammer • Pencil or pen • Hair dryer • Plastic box that can be sealed and is large enough to fit the wood or Styrofoam piece inside of it • Wet sponge or small towel (either paper or cloth) Preparation • Make a solution of 25 percent rubbing alcohol and 75 percent water by mixing one tablespoon of water with one teaspoon of rubbing alcohol in a small bowl.

With a Kid (or Two): Turn a sheet into a full - body workout As part of her fitness education programs for kids, Yvonne Kusters, founder of Let's Play Today, an educational fitness program for kids based in Philadelphia, suggests parents create an exercise «treasure box» in the house — kids and adults fill it with scraps of paper, each with an activity written on it.

Different mixed media painting techniques, using glue, string, card, wax, paper to manipulate and to create texture with acrylic paint Looking at famous artists like Jackson Pollock, Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, John Hoyland and Howard Hodgkin Resources: Acrylic paint, Sponges, sticks, large and small paintbrushes, credit card, string, glue, Punchinella, kebab sticks batik wax, sand, tissue paper, scrap paper and glue guns, Creating a number of different textures with acrylic paint and see what other mixed media layering one can achieve with chalk and oil pastel as well to layer over the acrylic paint.

I tend to think of hoarding as objects that have basically no value (garbage, scraps of paper, etc.), and while I have way more books than I really have room for (some are at my place, and the majority of them take up 2 closets at my mother's house.

It may not have the same old - school charm as your drawer full of paper scraps filled with scribbles detailing famous Scrabble victories, but it's delightfully simple (and doesn't require anybody to do on - the - fly math).

In advance, gather a large «junk box» of miscellaneous items — such as bottle caps, plastic toys, coins, buttons, twist ties, stickers, empty spools, yarn, or paper scraps — and also large pieces of construction paper.

To watch as they made every little item count — baking ingredients, fabric, scraps of paper, wood etc. — certainly illustrates the excess we have in present day and our dissatisfaction (through Reba's eyes).

I dig through my «notes»: folded scraps of paper, the backs of torn - open envelopes where I doodled plot points and lines of dialogue, index cards with cryptic inscriptions — «BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATERMELON?!?!?» — punctuated as though I'd had some kind of civilization - saving breakthrough.

Right now I use a collection of torn out pages from print articles, Post-It notes and scraps of paper such as used envelopes that pile up on my desk at work and home.

As noted on his website, Cannella discovered that plastic bags take thousands of years to break down, are the least recycled material and comprise the fourth highest generated waste in the U.S. (the top three are paper, yard trimmings and food scraps).

Your first item is a mask of one of the thousands of enemies you'll face from the organization, and a scrap of paper that has nothing of value written on it so it really comes off as a confusing thing to include.

In episode two, for example, turning on an electrical switch will cut to a shot above a ceiling fan as it spins slowly, allowing a scrap of paper situated atop a fan blade to fall to the table below before shifting the camera back to the character's perspective.

As for the game's story, it largely shows itself during the inner monologues of the characters, hastily written text on scraps of paper and after someone is freed from each room.

This survival horror game is short and sweet, and sees you stalked through the woods by a featureless figure as you search for scraps of paper.

Once in a new location the story advances snippet by snippet on screen based on your choices, which come up as small scraps of paper along the bottom.

Though he often works on canvas, he frequently incorporates nontraditional materials such as strips of wood, bricks, wire, electric cords, socks, buttons, paper scraps, and even caviar to create his trademark puns and paradoxes.

Sculptures made of car bumpers, fabric scraps, old puzzles, and cut - off wooden blocks, meet with collages made of shredded and ripped paper, alongside performances using metal hardware as instruments and textiles.

But slowly, as I worked over the course of many visits, I became more and more interested in the small traces left behind in the books... stains, scribbles, marginalia, scraps of paper.

Here, PEET has laid out almost all of the core elements to his practice: a love of analog, shown by his use of nondigital elements such as Wite - Out, pen, typewriter, and scraps of paper; an abiding interest in coding and symbols, demonstrated by the various signs and distinctly PEET - ian vocabulary inside; a challenge to consumerism and the pervading class system, indicated by his adoption (and transformation) of elements of Marx and Engels's famous manifesto; and finally, a pure, simple, visceral love of materials and process.

Instead, the new forms become markers wrested from provisional materials, such as paper scraps and driftwood, that point to the impossibility of replacing what is missing.

While the majority of Grossman's works concern the physicality of the body, many of her collages and assemblages are dense, abstract compositions, such as Tough Life Diary (1973), created from words and fragments cut from the artist's diaries, and Light is Faster than Sound (1987 — 88), which combines dyed paper with an image of Lyndon Johnson and found scraps and fliers.

Lawrence Carroll deploys an «aesthetic of scraps» by using ordinary objects and scraps in his works such as old, patched - up shoes, flowers coated in paint, bits of bread or canvas and paper glued or stapled to the surface of his paintings.

The abstract collages, paintings, and sculptures on view, made of neutral - colored, plain materials (brown and blue carpets painted in white, beige scraps of paper, clear tape and light brown masking tape, white foam core, discarded aluminum, plywood) echoed long - established tendencies in abstraction, such as Robert Rauschenberg's experiments with nontraditional materials and Richard Tuttle's casual approach to art making.

In her 1979 book, More Than Meat Joy, Schneemann describes the piece as having «the character of an erotic rite: the excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, chickens, sausages, wet paint, transparent plastic, rope, brushes, paper scrap» (p. 63).

During the same period he started on his best - known works - mixed - media combinations of paintings or sculptures, to which he attached everyday items, such as clothes, kitchen appliances, household materials, scrap paper, and so on.

It's the role of scientists like Anderson and Hansen to keep reminding us of this fact in an uncompromising way (although Hansen's dismissal of the accord as a worthless scrap of paper shows again that, while we must admire his science, his political pronouncements range from the naïve to the daft).

As the story goes, we should all be working in offices with virtually not a scrap of paper to be found.

Hauser has managed to get students conserving by changing some everyday habits, such as using both sides of a sheet of paper, saving outdated fliers in a scrap drawer for reuse, placing food scraps in a compost bin behind the school, as well as collecting bottles and cans for recycling.

Both Wilson and Jay make the point that the employment tribunal reforms should be seen alongside the green paper on legal aid which proposes scrapping public funding from employment cases under the «legal help» scheme as part of the # 350m cuts (legal aid is not available for representation).

Rather than flipping through digitized pages of Shakespeare's original folios on your computer (which is cool enough), imagine doing so walking down the street using a scrap sheet of paper as your screen.

If you want to give a toddler a shoe box full of scrap paper and broken crayons, he will enjoy it as much as a brand new pad of paper and a fancy box of colored pencils.

Here's a little trick I like to use: Write down the name of the job you are targeting on a sheet of scrap paper or a sticky note, and keep it by your side as you write.

Just a note: If as a listing agent, you are given a copy of the seller's survey, please remember to instantly provide a receipt even if just handwritten on a scrap of paper, and then right away send yourself a covering email reminder and copy your seller.

I like the above idea of painting the switchplates the same as the wall, or a quirky idea would be to paper them with map scraps.