| Desciption | Material | Use |
| Hardener used to produce a cast | |
| Has insulating properties, can keep moisture in/out | |
| Iron and very small amount of carbon, rusts very quickly | |
| Made from liner board, has a fluted sheet, cheap, one colour | |
| Light, very hard, easy to work with, straight grained hardwood | |
| Tough and lightly textured, 100-135 gsm, coloured pencils work well | |
| Open grained, easy to work with, pale cream, can be laminated | |
| Bright silver, resistant to corrosion | |
| Hard and translucent, usually 50 gsm, spirit based markers work well | |
| Reddish-brown, easy to work with | |
| Hard, straight grained, few knots, expensive | |
| Oily, durable, golden brown, highly resistant to moisture | |
| Straight grained but knotty, cheap, fairly strong | |
| Smooth surface, easily manipulated, often fire or water resistant | |
| Cheap particle board, can have laminated surface | |
| Very weak, resistant to corrosion | |
| Made from chips of wood glued together, usually veneered | |
| Re melted pig iron, strong in compression | |
| | Desciption | Material | Use |
| Strong board, grains glued at right angles to each other | |
| Central layer made from timber, used where heavier structures are needed | |
| AKA 'high carbon steel', is strong and hard | |
| High content of other elements, resistant to wear | |
| Light, polish-able, anodised to protect surface | |
| Reddish-brown, can turn green, ductile, malleable | |
| Precious metal, tarnishes | |
| Strong, high quality board, made from pure bleached wood pulp | |
| Hard, yellow metal, made up of 65% ? & 35% ? | |
| Heat resistent polymer | |
| Pure wood pulp, bleached on one side, usually 250-500 gsm | |
| Colourless polymer | |
| Alloy of iron, 18% chromium, doesn't rust | |
| Hard wearing plastic, coloured with pigments | |
| Natural fibre, strong and absorbant | |
| Can be laminated together, 200 gsm+, usually recycled, | |
| Found on moths cocoon, strong fibre | |
| Very strong, light brown, open grained, very hard, easy to work with | |
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