brain cells that I can keep!
Nisha
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Lisa and Robb
wrote:
>
> Regarding xylene -- before using any product of this type, please,
please contact the manufacturer and get the Material Safety Data
Sheet, or MSDS. (The store you buy xylene from is supposed to provide
this for you, but often they don't.) This sheet can be understood by
looking at the data sheet provided by Arts, Craft, and Theater Safety:
>
> http://www.artscraftstheatersafety.org/datasheets.html
>
> For legal reasons, they don't post data sheets online. So you have
to request via email or snail mail. They will answer questions over
the phone or via email -- FOR FREE!!!!!!
>
>
> **************
>
> Many of the best, most intricate carvers I know use the old pencil
transfer method. Draw the most important lines on the *front* of you
drawing, flip your drawing over, tape it to the carving material, and
burnish the back of the paper with a pencil or spoon or burnishing
tool. Voila! Your image is on the carving block, and no brain cells
were harmed in the making of this project.
>
> Lisascenic
> who uses the pencil burnish method
> owns her own respirator
> and strives to use the least dangerous art materials possible
>