Flax health of linseed oil. Eventually, Flanders became the major center of the linen industry in the European Middle Ages. In North America, flax was introduced by the colonists and it flourished there, but by the early 20th century, cheap cotton and rising farm wages had caused production of flax to become concentrated in northern Russia, which came to provide 90% of the world's output. Since then, flax has lost its importance as a commercial crop, due to the easy availability of more durable fibres. Flax is grown for its seeds, which can be ground into a meal or turned into
Carol Flax of searching for the colors and textures she needs for each landscape. Flax is an Elected Member of Audubon Artists, Inc. (at the Salmagundi Club, NYC); and artist member of: Fuller Craft Museum, the Cotuit Center for the Arts, the Sandwich Arts Alliance and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Most notably, Flax received the Audubon Artists Silver Medal of Honor in 2016 for her painting "Mayflower Beach iii." Additionally, she won the Work on Paper Prize for her painting "Gray’s Beach Low Tide" in the 2014 National Prize Show, juried by James Welu. Carol Flax Carol Flax is an