1 LEAD OR TIN TARPAULINS

Pliable and available as thin sheets, lead and tin are perfectly suited to representing textiles such as tarpaulins used to cover loads.

1 The basis of my load consists of 3D printed leftover parts. The poor condition of their surface is of no great importance. They will be covered by the tarpaulin, and they are used simply to give a general shape to the load. 2 A lead sheet is traced and cut just like paper. A scalpel guided on the tracing lines with a ruler is enough to obtain a suitably dimensioned rectangle. 3 It is possible and even very easy to mark the hems of the tarpaulin. Using the back of the scalpel blade, I trace a line along the edge of the sheet. I fold the sheet back along the inside of the line and crush the fold onto the sheet. This provides a lasting hem. 4 The tarpaulin…

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