Sentences with phrase «linoleum as»

This type of pad won't ruin the finish on the linoleum as it is not too abrasive, but abrasive enough to get the paint up.

He abandoned painting for a series titled «Linopanel,» using linoleum as a material that mirrored cultural traditions of flooring (Rococo patterns, Colonial wood, generic tiling, etc.).

He abandoned painting for a series entitled Linopanel, using linoleum as a material that mirrored cultural traditions of flooring (Rococo patterns, Colonial wood, generic tiling, etc.).

Not exact matches

What can one say in the face of such a cabinet of marvels as «the startled cherry of his cigarette» (a Nazi about to be killed by a sniper), or a tool that «lathed the wrinkled lake,» or (my favorite) a line about stars on a river that lie scattered «like jacks tossed on linoleum»?

Bissell recommends this steam mop for use on hard floors such as tile, marble, stone, linoleum, laminate and sealed hardwood.

Linoleum is made from natural sources such as linseed oil, pine rosin, ground cork, limestone dust, jute and pigments.

In addition to a full - sized fridge (stocked with a Brita water filter for thirsty pumpers), computer, floor - to - ceiling storage cabinets for stashing pumping equipment, controlled lighting, and easy - to - clean linoleum flooring for those inevitable spills, the door is key - coded so that only moms have access, and a privacy wall prevents them from accidental over-exposure as people come and go.

Real linoleum — as distinct from synthetic versions or vinyl — is made from all - natural materials, including wood flour, rosins, ground limestone, powdered cork, pigments, jute and linseed oil.

Whether you chose linoleum flooring for its no - fuss functionality, the soft feel underfoot, its distinctive look, or its green attributes, you definitely want to take care of your investment in an ecofriendly way for the sake of maintaining it for as long as possible while protecting the indoor air quality in your home.

Have you ever tried to jump and kick as high as you can, with crocs on your feet, on a wet linoleum floor?

Rhee's style — as steely as the sound of her peekaboo high heels on a linoleum - tile hallway — has angered much of Washington, D.C., and baffled the rest since she arrived as schools chancellor in June 2007.

Area Elastic — Made up of a hard surface such as timber, vinyl or linoleum, because there is no force reducing properties to the surface, it sits on an undercarriage system that provides force reduction.

As an oil - based product, linoleum is good at repelling water, but to maintain its look (and repellency), lino floors need to be maintained over time.

Each day introduce a new surface such as concrete, linoleum, wood, carpet, matting, etc..

If the area is on hard floor such as linoleum or cement, even better.

As the ice on the rag melts, however, it can make a wet mess, so this activity is best reserved for outdoors or on a linoleum floor that can be easily dried.

These will need to be placed on top of a washable surface, such as cement or linoleum (as shown in the photo of the pen constructed against an existing wall).

Smith recommends keeping the rabbit cage on a rug or other easy - to - clean surface, such as a plastic chair mat (available at office supply stores) or a cut piece of linoleum.

Overgrown nails may also make it more difficult, and uncomfortable, for a rabbit to hop across slippery surfaces such as tile and linoleum.

Tip 2: Keep the rabbit cage on a rug or other easy - to - clean surface, such as a plastic chair mat (available at office supply stores) or a cut piece of linoleum.

Since wire flooring is uncomfortable to a ferret's feet, place linoleum tiles on the floor or line the cage bottom with soft material such as washable carpet.

A piece of cardboard or linoleum can also serve as the bottom of the pen.

These musculoskeletal changes can make it difficult for older dogs to walk on smooth or slippery surfaces such as wood, tile, or linoleum floors.

Placing the litter box on a hard surface that is easily cleaned is beneficial (such as a tile or linoleum floor) in case there are any accidents.

He does sometimes get overwhelmed by new things such as walking into the house, or on linoleum, and in those situations will sometimes just lay down and not move.

Domenick's work also focuses on mark - making of all kinds, from the line of a pen to the scratches in a linoleum countertop, a material Domenick often uses as a canvas in his object - like paintings.

Charles White «s «Solid as a Rock (My God is Rock),» a 1958 linoleum cut and «Solo,» a 1996 painting by Hughie - Lee Smith, each sold for $ 12,000 ($ 15,000 including fees), hovering below the estimates of $ 15,000 - $ 25,000.

The show trivializes and ridicules Chinatown by displaying broken ATMs, torn up chairs, linoleum floors held together by duct tape, plastic bags attached to door handles, and a dilapidated awning that serves as the entrance to a run - down Chinatown business.

What animates his arrangements is a concern with «imprinting», manifested literally in the rope casts and finger - and thumbprints of the paper - pulp works as much as it is figuratively in the linoleum so common to the institutional environments — schools, libraries — that press on us with their authority.

Linoleum, in all its many unappetizing colours, is a signature material, configured as wall and floor pieces.

Brice majored in painting at Michaelis UCT, her early work included constructed artworks combining found objects, or domestic materials such as linoleum, with steel to make wall artworks, installations and sculptural pieces.

Combining oil paint, canvas, and paper with non-traditional materials such as latex rubber, linoleum, straw, leaves, and hair, along with weathered objects salvaged from abandoned farms, she constructs works that occupy a space between painting and sculpture while hinting at transgressions and violence within the domestic setting.

As the artist describes, «When I am carving a linoleum block or applying watercolor to paper, a single knife - cut or brushstroke is like reliving each step that I walked or ran.»

Designers like Donald Deskey, Gilbert Rohde and Russel Wright experimented with new materials, including aluminum, bakelite, cork and linoleum while painters such as Burgoyne Diller, Charles Biederman and Werner Drewes redefined an American aesthetic that challenged the predominant representational imagery of the social realists like Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton and Raphael Soyer.

We use woodcarving tools to create one - color and multiple - color relief prints as well as a color reduction woodcut using the same matrix but multiple impressions, employing transferring techniques as well as design and mark - making methods in wood or linoleum.

The Smart Museum mounted an exhibition of lithographs, linoleum cuts, woodblock prints, and related drawings and ephemera by this artist who was highly influential in Figurative and Pop Art trends, as well as in the locally based Chicago Imagist movement.

Gallery Talk with Andy Rubin September 29, 6:30 pm Andy Rubin, artist and master printer at Tandem Press, talks about his collaboration with Chuck Close as they worked together with Joe Wilfer to produce the linoleum block print Alex (1991).

Schnabel is particularly noted for large paintings that incorporate broken crockery, e.g., The Walk Home (1985), and for other kinds of work that flout high - art conventions, such as paintings on velvet or linoleum.

She counts the linoleum, the velvet and the wax paintings as fantastic bodies of early work and also rates the shaped canvases, the pink paintings he recently made in Mexico as well as paintings that use words.

Charles Demuth's Chimney and Water Tower (1931), painted in the artist's hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, depicts a local linoleum factory as a grid of austere, monumental forms and passages of steel gray, blue, and deep red.

In the mid-1980s, Chase combined mediums such as etching, aquatint and linoleum cut to create abstract works, according to IPFDA's website.

Materials, such as wood, iron, stone and linoleum, are sourced locally to his studio, once his childhood home, at Otwock near Warsaw, thereby imbuing them with strong personal associations.

Harmony Hammond's work uses materials — such as latex rubber, linoleum, straw, leaves and hair, and weathered objects from abandoned farms — that act as visual metaphors for desire, violence, place and the effects of time, foul weather and foul play.

The «mop» paintings are made as you would guess, by the artist «swabbing the deck» of the linoleum - covered panel with a mop on the floor, leaving his boot prints as he backs up to complete the job.

Five years ago I thought that Tim Ebner's early work from the late 1970s and 80s would no longer need to be dragged into the discussion of the paintings that he has been making since 1991, when after more than a decade's worth of minimalist «surrogate» paintings from non-traditional materials (such as linoleum, resin, and vacu - formed acrylic), he turned abruptly to making representational paintings with brushes in oil on canvas.

We've brought you up to speed on materials for interior design, such as bamboo, linoleum, recycled glass, stone, reclaimed and sustainable timber and cork.

If you are going to look to natural factors you realize that global warming fearmongers are «spitting in the wind,» as in, «You can go outside and spit and have the same effect as doubling carbon dioxide,» and, «If the atmosphere was a 100 - story building, our anthropogenic CO2 contribution today would be equivalent to the linoleum on the first floor,» as follows:

She talked about sitting on a linoleum floor in Milwaukee in 1964, watching Sidney Poitier become the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor, and though she was expressing gratitude for his work and appreciation for that moment of elation, she was also talking about anger: «I have tried many, many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through the door, bone - tired from cleaning other people's houses.»

The steel frets setting them apart are attractive and ruler - straight — and according to BlackBerry, they serve a practical purpose as well: they keep the keys from popping off and flying under furniture when you drop the Q10 on a hard linoleum floor.

Today's homeowners are choosing eco-conscious flooring such as reclaimed or sustainable wood plank flooring, bamboo flooring, cork flooring, modern linoleum and eco carpets such as 100 per cent wool or Berber.