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Best store for art supplies

If good brushes went somewhere wonderful when they died, it would be to Pearl Art and Craft Supplies in Central Square. There they would be surrounded by aisles and aisles of other brushes of all shapes and sizes, as well as shelves of stationery, stamps, pens, clay, and much more. A behemoth store that will bring out the Martha Stewart in even the least crafty among us, Pearl caters to earnest artists and weekend woodworkers alike, and the knowledgeable staff will be able to answer your most penetrating questions about papier-mâché. The extensive selection of art books and magazines will stoke the creative fires, and the three levels of art supplies with get those fires burning at full blast. Just don't stand too near the paper supplies - they might go up in flames.

Pearl Art and Craft Supplies, 579 Mass Ave, Cambridge, (617) 547-6600.


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