A similar composite material is used for the tailpipes on the exhaust system — the compound of ceramic powder and
synthetic resin makes this carbon material extremely heat resistant.
Not exact matches
Melamine has been a concern for parents in recent years — also known as cyanuramide, this
synthetic chemical is used to
make resins for cooking utensils, etc. and has also been used to
make fertilizers, paper, paperboard, and flame retardants.
PET carpet advocates report that because plastic beverage containers are
made with top quality
resins as required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, recycled PET is superior to lower grades of virgin
synthetic fibers used in
making other brands of polyester carpet yarns.
The base material of the new coating is
made of
synthetic resins, which are polymers commonly used to
make paints.
All three turbines had three rotors, but the flexible ones were
made with a pliable material called polyethylene terephthalate, whereas the rigid version was
made with a stiff
synthetic resin.
Instead, the hulls were constructed out of plywood, fiberglass, and
resin, and the sails were
made from canvas; the lashings were done with
synthetic cordage.»
In fact, it has been constantly changing with
synthetic resins now
making their way in competition with solutions of nitrocellulose and, with more recent applications of dispersing agents, with lower surface tension, there have even appeared lacquers in which the more expensive and inflammable solvents have been replaced to a considerable extent by water.
Creating works from
synthetic materials such as
resin, neon and rubber and reworking ubiquitous matter such as glass, plexiglass, wood, sand and metal, Webb often parodies modernism to wry and poetic results - referencing consumer culture and
making use of the solid and the open and the soft and rigid to explore new sculptural possibilities.
Into natural fissures in the sand, she poured plastic
resin — a
synthetic, unpretentious material often used to
make cars, boats and surfboards, and which can in turn symbolize a contrast between nature and culture.
Yves Klein (1928 - 1962) loves deep blue and Lot 241, «Venus Bleue,» shows what happens when you take a Classical sculpture of a woman's torso and
make a very fine plastic sculpture of such a form and cover it with dry blue pigment in
synthetic resin instead of lustrous white marble.
His sculptures — geometric wall objects, façade - like reliefs, objects and sculptures created from abstract stereometric bodies which take the form of cubes, angles, columns, pedestals, podiums, movable walls and shelving — are
made of cheap no - frills materials such as particle board, cardboard, linen, molton, Styrofoam,
synthetic resin, emulsion paint, fluorescent tubes and other everyday building materials.
A satellite of the major retrospective on Sigmar Polke at the Museum Ludwig: Polke's Biennale cycle of 6
synthetic -
resin paintings in Mönchengladbach and the «
making of» his German Pavilion at the 42nd Venice
One day in 1946, an artist came in with a
synthetic resin and asked them to
make paint out of it.
Creating works from
synthetic materials such as
resin, neon and rubber and reworking ubiquitous matter such as glass, plexiglass, wood, sand and metal, Webb often parodies modernism to wry and poetic results — referencing consumer culture and
making use of the solid and the open and the soft and rigid to explore new sculptural possibilities.
The original idea came from Indigenous people who chewed tree
resin, but the gum we know today is
made in factories using a
synthetic base.
Whereas vinyl is
made of
synthetic chemicals, linoleum is manufactured using renewable, natural substances like linseed oil, flax and pine
resin.