Yarn paintings

Some traditional peoples turn psychedelic visions into art. For example, the yarn paintings of the Huichol Indians of Mexico come directly from peyote sessions. Other artists find visions in their own imagination but use psychoactive drugs to help them do the work of translating their visions into art. Diego Rivera, the best-known Mexican artist of the twentieth century, was a user of marijuana.. The famous American abstract painter Jackson Pol-... 

A Huichol yarn painting, showing the sacred deer, spirits, and three peyote plants. (Dody Fugate)... 

Acetic acid, CH3COOH, can be made by the oxidation of acetaldehyde, CH3CHO by catalytic addition of CO to methanol or by butane oxidation. Most acetic acid is used to make vinyl acetate or cellulose acetate, which are the intermediates for plastics, paints, adhesives, yarn, and cigarette filters. 

Most vegetable dyes are applied to natural animal or plant fibers that have already been spun into yarn or thread. Some, like henna (Lawsonia inermis) are used as dyes for hair, leather, paper, and wood, and may be used as pigments for painting on various materials, including skin. Henna is commonly used for body decorations and temporary henna tattoos. ... 

Natural materials can be found in many forms in museum collections. The items in this photograph include wool, cotton, wood, leather, dried plant materials, paints, and metal alloys. Rug/carpet kurdish mid-twentieth century wool on cotton, naturalpigments/dye. Basket Hopi piki-bread tray, wicker, early twentieth century. Kachina c. 1970 cottonwood root with water-based (poster) paint, fabric, wool, feathers, yarn, fur ruff, unsigned (cloth "cape is also painted). Books calfskin, marbled paper, gold. Baseball leather, linen cord, pen ink. Glove leather, metal (grommets). Gun wood, metal (brass, steel). 

Composite objects like this Hopi Kachina may contain many different materials. This doll is made of cottonwood root, decorated with paint, fabric, feathers, metal, plastic, and hair. Pahlik-mana (butterfly maiden) kachina c. 1980. Cottonwood root, acrylic paint, wool garments, feathers, yarn, plastic (artificial plant in right hand), metal (sequins, necklace), artificial pearl, down feathers. 

VIKON FGT forms a clear, continuous film of high resistance to abrasion on fabrics and can be used for coating colored yarn fabrics for slip-covers, etc. It is also an excellent latex for making water based paints for painting awnings, tarpaulins, etc. The coating formed has high resistance to submersion under water. 

Chem. Descrip. Linear calcium dodecylbenzene sulfonate CAS 26264-06-2 EINECS/ELINCS 247-557-8 Uses Coemulsifier for anionic/nonionic emulsifier blends, pesticide emul-sifiable cones., paints/coatings dye dispersant for polyester yarn Properties Hazy liq. sol. in min. oil, aromatics, aliphatics disp. in water dens. 1.03 g/ml vise. 7500 cps pour pt. -10 C flash pt. 100 F min. pH 5.0-7.5 (5% in DW) anionic 60% act. 

Uses 0/w emulsifier for agric., paints, industrial applies. dispersant for polyester yarn dyeing... 

Definition Sodium salt of a complex mixture of esters of phosphoric acid and nonoxynol-6 Properties Anionic Toxicoiogy TSCA listed Uses Detergent for household and industrial formulations rust and corrosion retarder for detergent cone. surfactant in cosmetics wax and floor finishes antistat for acrylic carpet yarn and dry-cleaning detergents emulsion polymerization, paints Trade Name Synonyms Rhodafac LO-529 [Rhodia HPCII http //www.rhodia-hpcii.com] Rhodia HPCII France... 

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