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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chinoiserie

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

European pottery, 18th century and later, featuring decoration inspired by imported Chinese Ming Dynasty wares.

platelates

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Flat, thin crystals which make up clay. When wet they become sticky and slippery, creating the phenomenon we call plasticity.

chrome oxide

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Used to produce yellow or green pigments or glazes

plucked ware

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A fault caused by the ware sticking to the refractory support during firing

chuck

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

On the wheel, a temporary wet-clay form or re-useable bisque-fired form upon which wares may be inverted for trimming.

polishing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

As compared to burnishing, the act of creating a shiny surface on terra sigillata (or any clay or slip) by rubbing with soft cloth, a soft brush, or a piece of plastic film.