Am I the only one who thought the Pittsburgh marver was just a flat slab?

I was at a workshop in Seattle last year and saw an artist using the curved edge of their marver to shape a stem. I'd only ever used mine flat on the table for about five years. It completely changed how I handle basic pulls. Has anyone else found a simple tool they were using wrong for way too long?

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drew9066mo ago

Feels bad man, I've definitely been there. I was using the back of a pair of tweezers to try and crease some cane work for like two years before someone showed me a proper brass paddle. Felt like such a dummy when I finally tried the real tool and it took like ten seconds instead of ten minutes. Solidarity on feeling like you've been working the hard way for way too long.

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cameron9636mo ago

Workshop in Seattle" made me think of that time I saw someone use a credit card to scrape a palette clean. I'd been using my thumbnail for years like a caveman.

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noah_webb6mo ago

That's actually a palette knife, not a credit card. They're super cheap at art stores.

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