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Linseed: Artists’ Oils

Any artists out there? Linseed’s (flax) Latin name is Linum usitatissimum which means “the most [...]

07
Dec
Traditional implements for linen production on display in Booth Pinezhsky Museum.
Traditional flax production for linen

Prior to industrialisation even small farmers grew flax to produce linen for their own needs [...]

19
Dec
Royal-Navy-wearing-oil-skins
Tincloth, Tin cloth, Oilskin

Linseed for waterproof fabrics Linseed oil has a long history in making waterproof fabrics often [...]

17
May
Phormium tenax
New Zealand Flax

Phormium tennax:  New Zealand Flax  New Zealand flax is completely unrelated to common flax or linseed [...]

17
May
Book how a shirt of linen grew in the field
How a shirt grew in the field

Children’s book by K. D Ushinskiai, adapted by Marguerita Rudolph and illustrated by Yaroslavava I was introduced to [...]

17
May
Cigarette card: harvesting flax
Linseed & flax on cigarette & chocolate cards

Flax and linseed traditionally important crops Due to the importance of the linseed and flax as crops [...]

16
May
Both linseed and flax are varieties of Linum usitatissimum
Linseed or Flax: what’s the difference?

Linseed or flax? They are the same! But there are some interesting differences!! Linum usitatissimum The cultivated [...]

16
May