Weights
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Pillow Weights
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When handling delicate artifacts, sometimes you need a little support. Enter our pillow weights: soft and pliable, yet solid enough to prop up your sensitive or oddly-shaped objects. We first encountered a version of this beanie-bag while on a job at the Menil in Houston, and we've loved them ever since! Constructed of polypropylene pellets and Oddy-tested polyester stockinette, this squishy bag is useful as an "extra hand" to cradle any object you are working with. Also functions as a substantial weight bag.
The "thin" one we made by request for one of our customers. It's a bit more snakey - good for holding objects on carts and the like.
Watch our Pillow Weight Demonstration on our YouTube channel.
When handling delicate artifacts, sometimes you need a little support. Enter our pillow weights: soft and pliable, yet solid enough to prop up your sensitive or oddly-shaped objects. We first encountered a version of this beanie-bag while on a job at the Menil in Houston, and we've loved them ever since! Constructed of polypropylene pellets and Oddy-tested polyester stockinette, this squishy bag is useful as an "extra hand" to cradle any object you are working with. Also functions as a substantial weight bag.
The "thin" one we made by request for one of our customers. It's a bit more snakey - good for holding objects on carts and the like.
Watch our Pillow Weight Demonstration on our YouTube channel.
Brass Weights
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Asked on a couple of occasions for a small size weight to help when photographing documents, we came up with these sweet brass flat weights. About an inch square, tumbled smooth and padded on the underside with our sueded poly, we think they have just the right amount of heft to hold down those document corners.
Size: 1" x 1" x 3/16" thick. Sold 8 to a box. Made in Rosemont.
Asked on a couple of occasions for a small size weight to help when photographing documents, we came up with these sweet brass flat weights. About an inch square, tumbled smooth and padded on the underside with our sueded poly, we think they have just the right amount of heft to hold down those document corners.
Size: 1" x 1" x 3/16" thick. Sold 8 to a box. Made in Rosemont.
Weight Bags
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Our weight bags are made of steel shot sealed into polyethylene tubing, then covered with unbleached, unsized cotton knit tubing. They are "gently filled" so they have a flexibility that conforms to an object as needed. Lovely and tactile, they are one of our best selling items. We use them to stabilize items going on display that might have a bit of rock to them. We're sure you'll find many other uses for them.
Handmade in Rosemont, NJ, USA.
Our weight bags are absolute workhorses, but even they get tired out. Are your weights sad, dirty, or broken? Benchmark can repair them for you!
Our weight bags are made of steel shot sealed into polyethylene tubing, then covered with unbleached, unsized cotton knit tubing. They are "gently filled" so they have a flexibility that conforms to an object as needed. Lovely and tactile, they are one of our best selling items. We use them to stabilize items going on display that might have a bit of rock to them. We're sure you'll find many other uses for them.
Handmade in Rosemont, NJ, USA.
Our weight bags are absolute workhorses, but even they get tired out. Are your weights sad, dirty, or broken? Benchmark can repair them for you!
Snake Weights
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Flexible snake weights are the perfect solution for gently holding open your delicate books and preventing page curling during research and conservation work. (Our resident seamstress suggests using them to hold down paper dress patterns!) These string weights are constructed from flexible metal chain cased in smooth white cotton tubing. Our snakes are 5/32" in diameter - chunkier than the others out there. They're 36" long, sold as a pair, and housed neatly in our snappy little flip-top box. Need a shorter length? Snake weights are easily trimmed with a pair of scissors.
Flexible snake weights are the perfect solution for gently holding open your delicate books and preventing page curling during research and conservation work. (Our resident seamstress suggests using them to hold down paper dress patterns!) These string weights are constructed from flexible metal chain cased in smooth white cotton tubing. Our snakes are 5/32" in diameter - chunkier than the others out there. They're 36" long, sold as a pair, and housed neatly in our snappy little flip-top box. Need a shorter length? Snake weights are easily trimmed with a pair of scissors.