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Prudie | 20:25 Tue 21st Jun 2016 | Home & Garden
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I have bought 3 blank artist canvasses - basically thin canvas stapled to a wooden frame. With each canvas came 8 small rectangles of balsa type wood cut to a point at one end. I have absolutely no idea what these are for. Logic would say something to do with the corners but? Anyone know?
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There wedges, Prudie.
20:31 Tue 21st Jun 2016
There wedges, Prudie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvC_tHXiPss
They are wedges to knock into the corners just to tighten the canvas onto the frame. Knock in with a soft mallet and be careful to use them evenlyie in each corner so as to retain the square shape
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Wow! How the heck did you two know that!! never thought it would be for that. Thanks x
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And you Maydup. I'm impressed.
The power of Google in my case, Prudie. I just Googled canvas wedges.
Shhhhh......
Don't let on or you might lose your BA !
Great little video that, so much easier than trying to decide for yourself how they go!

What are you going to paint Prudie?
They're wedges, Prudie.
You tap them into the corners to tighten up the canvas. Yeah I know ... impressive eh?


Will we see the end result?
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I'm embarrassed to say it's not for paint. I've pinched an idea from those 60 minutes makeover type programmes - I've papered a feature wall and the other 3 are white. I've covered 2 canvasses with the wallpaper to hang on the white walls if you get what I mean.
we use them for oils and heavy acrylic pictures, Prudie.....
:-)
Why not get another 3 white canvases to go on the papered wall ;-)
Now there's a good idea....
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This is the paper, I've used the hummingbird bits for the canvasses. They actually looks quite nice.
http://www.wallpaperdirect.com/products/harlequin/amazilia/124182
What a lovely idea, Prudie. I like that.
Agree with Tilly a great idea Prudie. Love the paper x
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Thank you Tilly, I'm quite pleased because I'm genuinely the opposite of arty crafty. I'd have never thought of OG's idea :-)
I paint with acrylics, some very thick and layered, some quite thin, and I've never used these, I must have hundreds of them still in their little plastic bags.
Non of my paintings have warped yet, I don't think they're necessary.
By the way, your idea is great :)

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