What is the canvas?
Canvas is a substance for an ordinary bond made up of cotton, laundry, jute, cotton and cannabis. Since the word came as a general term for a heavy, tightly woven fabric, it can also be made of polyester. Canvas is heavy and dense and has applications in the production of tents, sails, tarpaulins, awnings, upholstery, umbrellas, shoes, embossed wall covers that form a substrate for color or gilded and tolets. In addition, it serves as a preferred surface for oil paintings and is a name for a network fabric on which embroidery and needles are embroidered. It is also a type of paper used with inkjet printers.
Canvas Fabric. duck , from the Dutch word Dok , which originally referred to a specific type of canvas used for seafarers - such as their white pants - is now used to select the canvas, including the Duck Army Boat Duck , Flat Duck , hose duck , Linen Duck , Number Duck , ounce duck , sail duck , shoe duck , tent duck and others.
canvas can be obtained untreated or either with retardant flame treatment, water resistant or both treatment. In addition to the name of a special type of fabric, if one, and the treatment, the canvas is identified by its weight in the ounces per square yard and two classification systems based on the weight of a 36 duck piece of 22 inches (about 92 x 56 cm). The first system, for a fabric weighing less than 19 ounces (about 54 decagrams) per square yard (91.4 square cm), runs from 1 to 12, but the highest three odd numbers are no longer used, so the numbered duck stages are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 10 and 12, growing weight. Duck not creating and running 1/0 to 6/0, with the largest number of ideasIt takes 24 ounces (about 68 decagrams) for a duck scale.
artificial canvas. cotton, laundry or synthetic fibers are stretched on wooden frames and are used as support for images. Sometimes it is called Kit-Cat canvas . Only Loomstate Canvas , specially stretched during weaving, is used as an art canvas.
Which type is best for the purpose will depend on several factors. The importance of archiving will determine the composition of the canvas, whether it is bedding, cotton, mixture or synthetic. The size of the finished painting will lead to a choice of suitable weight and fibers. Whether oil or acrylic paint will also be used, also contributes to the choice of fiber and primer. Types of color application techniques to be used will help determine the best option for the surface texture.
embroidery canvas. fiber, gauge, freedom from nodes and cuts are some considerations when choosing the best embroidery material. In this case, the size of the eye is per thumb (2.54 cm).
eThe two main types of canvas Xistrate. mono or a single thread and double thread or Penelope . Plain Mono, also called and weave , is looser with more. It has one horizontal and vertical fibers. Blocking mono , on the other hand, is more stable because it has two vertical fibers that connect each other with their only horizontal fibers.
Penelope or double fiber, has two fibers in both directions. The double net not only strengthens the material, but also allows the stitches of various sizes. There are other specialized types such as plastic canvas for objects requiring solid reinforcement. In addition, craft projects may require aida or ada , canvas. hard can be ideal for embroidery, while the canvas latches can be the best for carpet production.