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Action Transfers, also known as rub-on transfers, were an art-based children's pastime that was extremely popular throughout the world from the 1960s to the 1980s. They consisted of a printed cardboard background image and a transparent sheet of coloured dry transfer figures of people, animals, vehicles, weapons, explosions and so on.
Dry transfers (also called rub-ons or rubdowns) are decals that can be applied without the use of water or other solvent. The decal itself is on a backing material such as paper or plastic sheeting much like a transparency. The dry transfer is placed in the desired location with the backing side up.
It was constructed as a hobby from 1922 by Elis F. Stenman for use as a summer house. [2] [3] Stenman was a Swedish mechanical engineer who built machines for the manufacture of paper clips and tried, unsuccessfully, to invent a steam iron. [3] [4] The house is of traditional wooden frame construction and has a wooden roof and floor. [4] [5]
The Paper House, a historic house museum largely made out of newspaper Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paperhouse .
The film's book basis, Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, was given a hardcover film tie-in release in 1989, featuring a film still of Charlotte Burke reaching towards a stormy sky with the imaginary house in the background, along with a bottom-corner caption reading, "new major feature film Paperhouse". The release was unusual, as most ...
Frottage (from French frotter, "to rub"), a surrealist art form; a method of creative production developed by surrealist artist Max Ernst in 1925. The artist places a piece of paper over an uneven surface, then marks the paper with a drawing tool (such as a pastel or pencil), thus creating a rubbing. The drawing can be left as it is or used as ...
Dec. 12—A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build home for displaced fire survivors to Maui. A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build ...
Paperbark is an Australian point-and-click exploration video game by Paper House, released June 2018. [1] [2] Development.