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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pug mill

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A machine for mixing clay and recycling clay.

volcanic ash

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Fine volcanic particulate expelled from surface vents in a volcanic eruption. Similar to feldspar in composition, but usually contains iron.

undraft kiln

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Kiln in which exhaust gases exit through flue in the roof of the kiln.

residual salt

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In a well-used salt/soda kiln, the light salt/soda effect which may be obtained by firing wares in the kiln without introducing any additional salt or soda, due to the ...