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| Acrylic | A synthetic resin widely used as a latex to produce paints with good color and color retention. Acrylic latex paints may be thinned and cleaned up with water. |
| Card Stock | A thick, sturdy paper that is available in a variety of weights; commonly used in scrapbooking and paper crafts. |
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| Kirigami | The art of paper-cutting, where shapes are produced by cutting a pre-folded sheet of paper |
| Laminate | A thin, transparent plastic coating applied to paper, cardstock, or other material to provide a protective covering and give it a glossy finish. |
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| Modular Origami | Where many sheets of paper are folded into (often) identical units or modules These are then slotted together to form larger geometric designs. |
| Origami | Origami is the art of paper folding. It was first developed by the Chinese, but was later adopted by the Japanese. Origami usually involves folding a single piece of paper without cutting or sticking or decorating them to form any meaningful object. |
| Oil Paint | Oil-based paint that contains oil as the basic vehicle ingredient. Oil paint can be designed for interior or exterior use. It must be thinned and cleaned up with solvent. Pure oil-based paints have largely been replaced by alkyd paints |
| Paint | A pigmented liquid that dries to form an opaque, solid film and provide decoration and protection. |
| Quilling or Paper Filigree | The art of rolling, scrolling, fringing, and shaping narrow strips of paper using a tool such as a needle, toothpick or stylus to form small coiled shapes, and then arranging and gluing those shapes to paper making new designs. |
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