Linen fabric information

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Published by
Jimmy at
August 30, 2017

Linen is woven by linen twist into the line, the surface is not as smooth as chemical fiber and cotton, with vivid texture, the painter often use linen this subtle and interesting material beauty. At the same time in addition to synthetic fibers, linen is the most solid of a textile. Its fiber strength is high, not easy to tear or puncture, can be any color knife in the above scraping, pressure.

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After the 16th century, the canvas became the main material of oil painting, in many linen, cotton fabric, pure linen is the best choice of canvas.

(1) In addition to synthetic fibers, linen is the most solid one of the textiles. Its fiber strength is high, not easy to tear or puncture, can be any color knife in the above scraping, pressure.

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(2) by the latitude and longitude woven woven from the dense linen, has a good coloring performance.

(3) linen is woven by linen twist into the line, the surface is not as smooth as chemical fiber and cotton, with vivid texture, the painter often use linen this delicate and interesting material beauty.

(4) linen and linseed oil from the same plant, with the same chemical properties, can support each other.

(5) linen with single thread (SW) and double thread (DW) of the other, easy to deal with different thickness, different thickness, different texture of a variety of specifications. Coarse texture linen suitable for large, scraper painting, is showing a bold, hearty dripping pen ideal ideal canvas. Medium density linen smooth, uniform texture, the most realistic realistic style rubbing the performance of the method. Fine texture linen with small works, suitable for fine painting style.

(6) In terms of preservation and repair, the oil on the cloth is superior to other oil on the bearing, the first of which is linen. Flax is generally grown in cold and humid climatic conditions, Belgium and Ireland is the main origin of flax.

(7) the production of linen: mature linen from the root to the leaves of the complete harvest, let it rot, leaving a solid fiber, and then woven into a cloth. As the texture and the thickness of different, the sale of linen from the width of one meter to three meters or so, special products width of more than four meters.

Pure linen prices are high, so there are semi-flax and cotton and linen blended and other cheap varieties. As cotton and linen with the changes in humidity and shrink, so blended fabric is not suitable for large canvas.

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