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...The phrase, and its cod-Latin translation illegitimi non carborundum, were once considered emblematic of the dangers of mixing business with politics....
...It now also produces whiskers of silicon carbide, also known as SiC or carborundum, a material that bonds more easily....
...Until then, have a good break and let’s have a rousing cry of “Nolite illigitimi cum legi carborundum”. kate.burgess@ft.com...
...serpentinegalleries.org, 020 7402 6075, Wednesday to May 17 … Richard Long, Alan Cristea Gallery, London “The Spike Island Tapes” consist of 17 large-scale prints in which Long has used the medium of carborundum...
...Hodgkin’s oeuvre turns on modulations of mood, time and season, so he is well served by the variations of expression, texture and colour afforded by the different inks, varied application of aquatint and carborundum...
...For abstract painterly painters such as Gillian Ayres and Howard Hodgkin, experimenting with carborundum – a technique of effectively embossing paper – allows them to create images with an almost physical...
...Southampton provides an excellent display of plates and materials explaining his technique – a unique mix of sugar-lift aquatint, carborundum (carbon-silicon pasted on to the plates, giving the paper an...
...Finally ground down It says something about modern life that more people probably know illegitimis non carborundum - cod Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down" - than know what Carborundum is...
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