ARTS + CULTURE STUDIO ART SUPPLIES - AN ART INSTITUTION SINCE 1974 Making art is good for you: it trains your eye and hand, exercises your brain and your heart. It’s a peaceful meditation and a passionate outpouring; it can be a personal time, and it can engage with culture in fundamental way. You can take it anywhere you like. Studio Art Supplies is run by artists for artists: whether you’re the maestro or happily recreational, they look after you with materials, advice, and sharp prices. If you’re bewildered by the huge range of artists’ materials, their professional staff are here to help. Everywhere, there are plenty of examples of art making in-store to take inspiration from too. They have a fantastic visual resource collection, including handmade colour charts showing you mixing possibilities, and unusual drawing and painting surfaces. Studio Art supplies is famous for their Custom Stretched Canvas. You can choose the exact size you require (from 100mm - 4000mm), the fabric, the surface, and the format, which determines where the folds are placed. Dean Tercel is their chief canvas craftsman, a perfectionist who has turned out more than 25,000 tailor-made canvases - each one special! At this time of year, their promotion focuses on gifts such as drawing and painting sets, journals, colouring books and the like; it also concentrates on people who are taking a well-earned break and looking to make some art, so includes their wide range of PN easels, brushes, and their popular Expression Canvas range is less than half price. F STUDIO ART SUPPLIES, 35 Crummer Road, T: 09 360 1238, www.studioart.co.nz
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