Arts & crafts

Arts & crafts

Arts & crafts comprises a multitude of activities and hobbies that involve making things with one's hands, usually from scratch. They can be sub-divided into 'handicrafts'( or traditional crafts ) that are fashioned in an old style using long practised techniques, and the rest which are more modern inventions that have become recent trends or fads.

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modulus of elasticity

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The term used to define the extent a material can be distorted under stress withot fracture.

bentonite

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Clay formed from airborne volcanic ash. Finest particles of any clay, extremely plastic, shrinkage too high to be used alone. 2% to 3% added to clay will increase plasticity, ...

modulus of rupture

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The term is used to define the strength of unfired clay body or the fired ceramic.

moisture expansion

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The extent to which a porous ceramic expands when it absorbs moisture or water vapour.

biscuit

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Pottery that has undergone its first firing. This gives the pottery sufficient strength to allow decoration and glazing.

mold-release compounds

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In making plaster molds, compounds which are applied to all surfaces except damp clay, in order to prevent plaster from sticking. Liquid hand soap works great. Paint it on and let ...