Why Enamels Can Dry Slowly
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim Oil based enamels do not dry through evaporation. Instead, curing occurs as the paint reacts with oxygen, resulting in polymerization. This reaction with oxygen can actually…
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim Oil based enamels do not dry through evaporation. Instead, curing occurs as the paint reacts with oxygen, resulting in polymerization. This reaction with oxygen can actually…
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim The adoption of offset lithography in Japan at the end of the 19th century marked the decline of the ukiyo-e period of woodblock printing. Early in the…
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim Originally Japanese ukiyo-e prints were simple reproductions of black and white line drawings. Then early in the eighteenth century artists started to hand color their woodblock prints.…