A length of stretched raw linen is coated with glue size in the second stage of a priming process that will turn it into an artist's canvas, at the art materials company, Winsor and Newton, near London. Before sizing, the 11-metre length of raw linen is checked for flaws and smoothed by hand, using a pumice stone. Two coats of size are brushed into every fibre to isolate the cloth from the primer. After a final pumice smoothing and inspection, the individual canvases are cut and strained. The company, which was founded by the artist colourmen, William Winsor and Henry Newton, 150 years ago, also produces 300,000 tubes and bottles of paint and 60,000 hand-made brushes each week.
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Press, 12 June 1984, Page 37
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118A length of stretched raw linen is coated with glue size in the second stage of a priming process that will turn it into an artist's canvas, at the art materials company, Winsor and Newton, near London. Before sizing, the 11-metre length of raw linen is checked for flaws and smoothed by hand, using a pumice stone. Two coats of size are brushed into every fibre to isolate the cloth from the primer. After a final pumice smoothing and inspection, the individual canvases are cut and strained. The company, which was founded by the artist colourmen, William Winsor and Henry Newton, 150 years ago, also produces 300,000 tubes and bottles of paint and 60,000 hand-made brushes each week. Press, 12 June 1984, Page 37
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