Recombinant human latency associated peptide (LAP, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) was cleared of endotoxin by the use of END-X B15 beads (endotoxin-binding resin, Woods Hole Associates, Woods Hole, MA) and suspended in media containing polymyxin B (10 µg/ml) (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO).
Mr. Harvey, who'd been making sculptures out of found objects and working for the restaurant designer Sam Lopata, started playing with resin, wood and gold leaf, fashioning curtain finials and tie backs, candle holders and other domestic objects.
He is building the ark out of Swedish pine, because some versions of the Bible describe the wood God ordered Noah to use as "resin wood," which Mr. Huibers says is pine.
Huibers says that's okay since, in the Bible, God told Noah to use a "resin wood".
The burning of fragrant herbs, barks, resins, woods and flowers was part of the religious and spiritual practice of many ancient cultures and still is.
Beyond the different materials studied (dyes, stones, metals, glass, ceramics, resins, wood, synthetic materials, etc)., paintings usually present a complex and heterogeneous microstructure which complicates their chemical characterization.
Destiny, 1982, Oil, magna, alkyd resin, and wood on wood panel, 68 x 64 inches Collection of Laifun Chung and Ted Kotcheff, Beverly Hills.
"Let the material be honest," he said, noting the dashboard, which was made of fibre-wood, a composite of synthetic resin and wood pulp.
One table takes the shape of a turtle in an explosion of multicolored resin and wood.
The mirrored surfaces of these works, which are usually made of resin on wood, range from nearly machine-made perfection to the random, bubbly roughness of fired glaze; from small to rather large; from silver to deep blue or green.
Décor comes in the form of the furniture and objects that Owens also designs using bronze, resin, marble, wood, antlers and ostrich eggs, some of which will be shown this month at the London gallery Sebastian and Barquet.
