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Re: Coquille Board
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Karen Ackoff <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 May 1997 18:13:47 -0400
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>Hi All
>
>Recently I saw some older (1940's) drawings done by Grace Eager, a former
>artist here at the museum. Beautiful drawings! They were done on a coquille
>board that has a very fine texture to it. The texture is so small that I
>didn't realize it was coquille board untill I had looked very closely at
>it. Does anyone know if there is anything like this available today and
>where can you get it?
>
>Cheers
>
>John Megahan
>University of Michigan
>Museum of Zoology

Is it perhaps something called video board? In which case it is no longer
made (sorry). But it takes both ink and carbon/graphite dust beautifully.

Karen Ackoff
Scientific Illustrator
Smithsonian Institution
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