Sentences with phrase «as trowels»

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Thus, for example, you have to become familiar with what a trowel is and how it is to be used, as well as mortar, which bricklayers usually call «mud.»

Such passing on may be something as basic as one bricklayer teaching another bricklayer how to hold a trowel in order to spread mortar, or one person taking another through Plato's Meno to understand whether virtue can be taught.

Shocked, she can only stand in horror as she is stabbed to death with a trowel by her newly - turned daughter.

Certainly the 1924 Olympics as depicted in the film bear very little resemblance to the modern - day Games; you won't find athletes in 2012 using trowels to dig out their starting marks, or passing each other notes of encouragement.

They're all present and laying it on with a trowel, including Rufus Sewell (star of «Dark City») as the architect Urshu — who has the snitty defiance of a young Tony Curtis — and Geoffrey Rush as Set and Horus» grandfather, the sun god Ra, who lives on an orbital platform in space, and spends eternity using his sun - bolt lance to zap a giant black leviathan - worm that wants to eat its way through the planet.

They can also allow characters to perform special actions usually reserved for a certain character, as is the case with the mithril trowel that will allow other characters to dig like Sam.

In the 1940s and 1950s the main groups within the Abstract expressionism were the «Gesture Painters» and the «Color - Field Painters», who experimented with new techniques for applying paint: dripping, pouring, throwing, squirting, squeegeeing, and spattering, and with the use of unconventional tools, such as wall paper brushes, sticks, and trowels.

Throughout these demonstrations we are able to observe Scott mix with a sizable trowel, the paint he will need for each study, figuring out on the palette first the approximate colors of the light, stressing value, and how they change and relate to one another, so that he can paint faster once he starts only needing to quickly adjust his mixtures with additional touches of more color or white, using a brush, as each painting progresses.

Leonhardt trowels oil paint with the palette knife, adeptly plowing layers of colors upon each other, as farmers might do part to enrich the soil for the next crop.

His surfaces — gnarled and knotted, as if stirred from molten pigment — feel intimately tormented, but his scenes read like unearthly dreams... Radell focuses more directly on historical subject matter... Such scenes he conjures with heavily reworked surfaces, built up of layers of troweled and scraped paint, sometimes embedded with shreds of burlap.

And the creation of an Artist Materials Archive, a comprehensive, searchable library of some 300 pieces of artist material related to works in the collection, such as Katharina Fritsch's meticulously prepared pigments, Jay DeFeo's painting trowel, reconstructed mock - ups of Eva Hesse's rubber and resin sculptures, re-created installations by Richard Tuttle, and test samples of native Norwegian moss for a living wall by Olafur Eliasson.

As for his own practice, Dubuffet was busy scratching the canvas with his palette knife, a brush, or a trowel.

In addition, Fischli and Weiss gave each work a poetic, often ironic title based on its appearance: a vertical assemblage involving a bottle, a carrot, and a spatula, all held together by a piece of cord, is called The Roped Mountaineers; a bottle and metal vice form the base of an almost impossibly cantilevered construction, with a tea kettle, a trowel, and a feather duster reaching end - to - end out into space, in As Far As It Goes.

In a recent work, «More or Less the Same» synthetic bones are fused with hand tools such as pliers, tin snips, spray guns and trowels and wrapped in grey silk thread.

His most notable works take shape as larger - than - life everyday objects, such as spoons, trowels, safety pins and even rubber stamps.

Scraping, probing, or prying instruments such as spatulas, trowels, knives, screwdrivers or sticks.

Resumes in this field highlight such responsibilities as setting tile to customers» specifications; selling floor models and tile types; mixing grout, epoxy, and cement; aligning tile using levels, squares and straightedges; and preparing and applying grout between joints of tiles using grouting trowels.

• Highly skilled in maintaining a clean job site by handling site preparation activities in sync with provided directions • Demonstrated expertise in setting up forms in which concrete is poured such as walkways, walls and pillars • Exceptionally well - versed in estimating concrete quantities and appropriate mixes of sand and cement • Proven record of efficiently building and erecting various concrete foundations and structures • Proficient in performing activities related to cutting and placing reinforcing wire mesh and handling rough leveling of concrete mixtures • Completely adept at handling fine finishing work by performing floating, troweling and edging duties • Documented success in putting in place standards of safety to minimize work - related accidents and occupational hazards • Deeply familiar with standard methods, materials, tools and equipment used in concrete construction and maintenance • Focused on monitoring the effects of heat, wind and cold on the curing of concrete through the entire process • Hands - on experience of applying sealants and hardening components to cure concrete surfaces and handling waterproofing duties • Qualified to operate equipment such as power vibrators to handle compact concreting duties • Track record of efficiently and accurately directing the casting of concrete to ensure conformance to leveling standards

• Demonstrated expertise in reading and interpreting blueprints and ensuring that all construction work procedures are properly aligned to them • Hands - on experience in performing construction work according to specified building codes and state - specified procedures • Documented success in erecting structures and handling demolition work by following safety procedures • Qualified to mix concrete and cement in prescribed consistencies and pouring them in a safe and accurate manner • Skilled in leveling concrete and earth using trowels and shovels and other construction tools • Highly skilled in operating jackhammers and drills to break up concrete and pavement and place, consolidate and protect case - in - place masonry structures • Proficient in cleaning and preparing construction sites by removing debris and hazardous materials and ensuring that constructional materials are properly loaded and unloaded from delivery trucks • Competent in controlling passing traffic by erecting traffic cones and signaling vehicles toward diverted routes • Proven ability to perform physically taxing work such as digging ditches and trenches using shovels and picks • Demonstrated ability to operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers to provide logistical assistance with construction projects • Proven record of carefully demolishing structures by using allowed explosives in a safe manner

Cleaned all construction areas to avoid hazards.Mixed and laid concrete to raise top of manhole to the street level.Mixed mortar, plaster and grout according to standard formulas.Performed heavy labor such as ditch digging, paving and hauling.Mentored junior team members, providing guidance on proper techniques and safety.Installed, repaired and rebuilt tile, brick and stone surfaces.Used grouting trowels to apply grout between joints of bricks and tiles.Continually cleaned work areas and equipment.Arranged and stored materials, machines, tools and equipment.Cut materials to specified sizes for installation using power saws and tile cutters.Transported materials, tools and machines to installation sites.Used a pick and shovel to dig, spread and level dirt and gravel.

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My husband is a DIY guy as well so we have things like dry wall trowels.

There may be a few garden tools that you want to keep handy without having to search in the depths of the shed, such as a kneeling mat or a trowel and fork set.

Scoop leaves and debris out with a gutter clearing tool or trowel (or use a plastic milk bottle with the base cut off as a scoop).

Try old tools like trowels or hand shovels as hooks.

I kindof created as I went along — I first painted the table with Reclaim Mocha, then applied a crackle size, then troweled Venetian Gem's brown and blue, then waited for it to crack...