decalcomania
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decal AmE

He belonged to the surrealist school, and invented the technique known as decalcomania.

He also explored with the technique of decalcomania which involves pressing paint between two surfaces.

The lamp, above left, is an example of decalcomania, a 19th-century French process of transferring paper images to glass.

This caution was overcome by the discovery of such techniques as frottage and decalcomania.

It can also be used as a simple carrier base and when compressed together with paint, under a layer of plastic wrap, produces effective decalcomania.

Decalcomania, a technique used by artists such as Max Ernst, can produce fractal-like patterns.

"I believe" - she looked at the date in gold decalcomania on the ancient wooden case - 1923: the Aeolian Corporation.

The following year a decalcomania of Hopalong Cassidy was added, making that model the first licensed television character box.

Another technique, called decalcomania, which involved pressing a freshly painted surface against a receiving surface, then separating the two, generated other kinds of patterns.

Inside, the ornament on walls and piers recalls Max Ernst's experiments in decalcomania.

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The word is short for decalcomania, which is the English version of the French word décalcomanie.

He was part of Breton's circle there in 1943-44 and collaborated with him on a "decalcomania" series, a process that works with the idea of chance.

Decalcomania, from the French décalcomanie, is a decorative technique by which engravings and prints may be transferred to pottery or other materials.

Now he successively added three new energizers to his repertory: frottage, grattage and decalcomania.

During this time, he landed in the "Top 40 DJs of All Time" list compiled by Decalcomania.

In these years he experimented with various pictorial techniques, in which he combined fluorescent colours, decalcomania, collage and photographic transpositions.

Fingerpaint treated repeatedly by means of decalcomania on the same paper tends to generate fractals, as studied at Yale University [1].

For decalcomania, two wet painted surfaces are pressed together and pulled apart to leave a geography of valleys and hillocks from which to create figures and landscapes.

Max Ernst also practiced decalcomania, as did Hans Bellmer and Remedios Varo.

Decalcomania is a process of spreading thick paint upon a canvas then-while it is still wet-covering it with further material such as paper or aluminium foil.

The painter Richard Larter expressed admiration for Clifford's skill in Marbleizing and Decalcomania.

BACK in the 1980's, when chintz was king, no room was complete without an English-style decalcomania lamp, the inside of its glass body decorated with botanical cutouts.

The transfer of power is still a few weeks away.

He died alone two weeks after his transfer, at age 33.

The real issue is more the transfer of the work.

Exactly how the transfer would be made is not clear.

I would like to say the following on the transfer system.

I was never able to go through the transfer process.

Thus far the information transfer had been almost all one way.

Death was but a process of change, a transfer to another life.

I also know how and when the transfer must have taken place.

I just said you're going to ask for a transfer.

The transfer of business took place on 1 May 2011.

No transfer of land was made in the father's will when he died.

He said she told him the transfer was the result of an order by the local school board.

He was only to play once more however before being given a free transfer in May 1970.

Public schools made him sit out one season because he was a transfer.

She started with 32 students, and the federal transfers just kept coming.

That is done as a result of the transfer process.

But he made clear that the transfer should come soon.

Now these money transfers are going through again, often in minutes.

These transfers are a very large number in today's world.

The transfers have taken place over the last several days.

We will tell you whether the transfer of the number has been allowed.

If things went wrong, there was no way to ask for a transfer.

"What were you working on when the transfer came down?"

It is the transfer of one good or service for another.

The side cover decal was red and white like the 1977 model.

The decal would remain for the rest of the 2007 season.

"We are working with city officials to clean up the decals immediately."

Decals on the home can indicate the kind of protection you have.

Then they expired at the end of the month on the decal, until 1994.

He had a whole box of assorted decals in his hands.

Books, toys, records and decals will not be far behind.

"They will be able to make silhouette decals to place on their own windows."

A decal on the night table pointed the way to Mecca.

He introduced a bill that would require all county cars to have 8-inch decals.

"No, but see what you can do about some new paint and decals.

She hoped there was still some decal in the freezer.

This meant that the flame decal was gone, but little else changed.

"Come to think of it, there was this little decal on the back.

They are usually one color per decal, but may also have various images printed upon them.

In one empty room a child's decals still clung to the walls.

He said the city's chief goal was seeing to it that the decals are removed.

In that sense, the decals are true to the campaign's quirky tone.

Even without this, decals have been made at home by modellers.

In this game, you are able to create furniture, characters, and decals.

Also, when the ride opened, it had only four cars on each train, including the decals.

Peter glanced down at the decal on the passenger door.

There are lovely decals that go on in no time and come right off with cold cream.

So, there are at least two questions people with decals can't address: 1.

But these days new decals are being affixed to the seats.