I've been trying to remember something from my childhood but like a watery pancake mix it just won't form.
What I recall is a series of small briquettes of dried powder. They were possibly tablets of compressed powder paint. They were different pastel colours and about the size of Nice biscuit.
The thing I remember the most about them is the clinky noise they made when tapped together. It was a sort of 'pink' sound and quite subtle.
I've no idea what these briquettes were from. Maybe a painting set or a colour by numbers toy.
Anyone any idea what I'm on about?
The 'clink' sound is very reminiscent of cheap watercolour paints. Usually in a large decorated tin, with a useless stiff brush. The paints would always take lots of water and scrubbing to get them going as I think there must have been some kind of bonding agent in with the paint, which made them really rock hard,hence the glassy sound.
ReplyDeletehmmm, you maybe onto something there. Watercolours eh. I shall search for vintage tins of them.
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