Petroleum jelly The publication states "…before applying a new coat of lubricant…" "Only acid-free lubricants may be used, for example: glycerine, Vaseline, tire mounting paste, etc. These lubricants should be rubbed in, and excessive lubricant wiped off with a soft cloth." It is used in bullet lubricant compounds. Petroleum jelly is a useful material when incorporated into candle wax formulas. The petroleum jelly softens the overall blend, allows the candle to incorporate additional fragrance oil, and facilitates adhesion to the sidewall of the glass. Petroleum jelly is used to moisten nondrying modelling clay such as plasticine, as part of a mix of
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro her sugar sculpture "A Subtlety." For the Criterion Collection, Jelly-Schapiro has contributed essays on classics of world cinema such as "Memories of Underdevelopment" and "Buena Vista Social Club". In 2018, he collaborated with the British artist Chris Ofili on the catalogue essay for Ofili's "Paradise Lost," a volume containing Ofili's photographs of the island of Trinidad, which is accompanied by Jelly-Schapiro's essay on the cultural history of chain-link fencing. Jelly-Schapiro lives in New York, where he is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU. Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (born June 16, 1979) is an American geographer