An easel is the most convenient means of holding a canvas or panel whilst it is being painted on Sketching easels are made of wood or metal and are intended for use out of doors A studio easel is made of wood and is constructed to carry large heavy works if necessary There are several patterns of studio easels Table easels are also available and they are mounted on a tabletop
A holder to keep sensitized material, normally paper, flat and in position on the baseboard of an enlarger during projection printing It usually has adjustable borders to frame the image to various sizes
Sits on baseboard of enlarger and holds paper flat and in position Two or four adjustable blades adjust to fit different sizes of paper or border Use to crop during printing
[ 'E-z&l ] (noun.) 1596. Dutch ezel, literally, ass, from Middle Dutch esel; akin to Old English esol ass; both from a prehistoric East Germanic-West Germanic word borrowed from Latin asinus ass.