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• CandyFab
  [[Image:Spiralprint.jpg|thumb|250px| Midpoint in printing a toroidal coil sculpture on the CandyFab 4000, an experimental [[rapid prototyping]] machine that ca [[Image:Sugarobjects.jpg|thumb|250px| Completed toroidal coil sculpture, along with a model of a wood screw and a small dodecahedron. Each of thes
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• Propædia
  ...sp;[[Landscape Design]], and [[Urban Design]] '''6.2.7''' [[Sculpture]] '''6.2.8''' [[Drawing]], [[Painting]], [[Printmaking]],&nb ...sp;of [[Industry|Industrial]] [[Raw material extraction|Raw Materials]] '''7.2.5''' Technology of [[Industrial production|Industri
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• List of types of limestone
  [[Category:Materials|Stone]] [[category:sculpture materials|Stone]]
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• Latex
  The latex of many species can be processed to produce many materials. ...polymer products must keep on top of microbiological contamination in raw materials, intermediates and final products using methods like the [[ATP test]] to pr
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• List of decorative stones
  ...one]]''' used for decorative purposes in [[construction]] and [[monumental sculpture]]; currently or historically produced in various countries. In addition [[ [[Category:Materials|Stone]]
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• Silicone rubber
  ...Corning Glass]] and [[General Electric]] were investigating heat-resistant materials for use as resinous binders when they synthesized the first silicone polyme ...a joint venture with [[Dow Chemical]] in 1943 to produce this new class of materials. As the unique properties of the new silicone products were studied in more
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• Aerogel
  ...gel strongly absorbs [[infrared]] radiation. It allows the construction of materials that let light into buildings but trap heat for solar heating. ...strength greater than [[Kevlar]], and unique electrical properties. These materials are not aerogels, however, since they do not have a monolithic internal str
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• Microcrystalline wax
  Microcrystalline waxes are excellent materials to use when modifying the crystalline properties of paraffin wax. The micro ...s the personal care, cosmetic, and candle industries, have pushed for more materials that are considered "green" and based on renewable resources. As an alterna
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• Wax carving
  [[Category:Sculpture materials]]
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• Beeswax
  ...cs and pharmaceuticals account for 60% of total consumption), in polishing materials (particularly [[shoe polish]] and [[furniture polish]]) and as a component ...d for thousands of years has been used as a modeling material, to create [[sculpture]] and [[jewelry]] [[molding (process)|molds]] for use in the [[lost-wax cas
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• Paraffin
  | title =Mechanical properties of materials | title =Electrical insulating materials
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• Wax
  ...in]]. ''[[Earwax]]'' is an oily substance found in the human [[ear]]. Many materials such as [[silicone]] wax exhibit similar properties, and are also described ...of [[alkanes]] usually in a [[homologous series]] of chain lengths. These materials represent a significant fraction of petroleum. They are refined by vacuum
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• Scagliola
  ...a'', meaning "chips"), is a technique for producing [[stucco]] columns, [[sculpture]]s, and other [[architecture|architectural]] elements that resemble [[inlay ...th [[flax oil]] for brightness, and wax for protection. The combination of materials and technique provides a complex texture, and richness of color not availab
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• Modelling clay
  ...lpture of Confucius portrait.jpg|thumb|250px|An artist modelling a [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of [[Confucius]] in clay]] ...mpton]], England. ''Plastilina'' is trademarked as ''Roma Plastilina'' by Sculpture House, Inc. According to their website, their formula is 100 years old<ref
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• Salt ceramic
  ...ft-ideas-nine.html</ref> stone-like texture,<ref>http://www.noteaccess.com/MATERIALS/MatSaltCeramic.htm</ref> and so is often used in folk craft and children's ...clay.html</ref> and [[Christmas ornaments]].<ref>http://www.noteaccess.com/MATERIALS/MatSaltCeramic.htm</ref>
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• Cold porcelain
  [[Category:Sculpture materials]] [[Category:Craft materials]]
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• Plastilina
  [[Category:Sculpture materials]] [[Category:Craft materials]]
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• Plaster
  ...material similar to [[Mortar (masonry)|mortar]] or [[cement]]. Like those materials plaster starts as a dry powder that is mixed with water to form a paste whi ...mmonly spread over an armature (form), usually made of wire, mesh or other materials, a process called ''direct plaster''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}
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• Architectural metals
  ...''' used in buildings and structures comprise several distinctive metallic materials. Metals serve a wide variety of uses in the built landscape, including stru ...d as paint for wooden houses. Lead-based paint was one of the most durable materials developed as a protective exterior coating. The use of lead paint has been
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• Stucco
  ...coration. Stucco may be used to cover less visually appealing construction materials such as [[concrete]], [[cinder block]], or clay [[brick]] and [[adobe]]. ...ing, and stucco, which was used outside, would consist of the same primary materials: [[Lime (material)|lime]] and [[sand]] (which are also used in mortar). [[A
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