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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Arts & crafts > Ceramics

mid-range

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Glaze-firing range usually including cone 4 to cone 7, very popular with electric kilns.

bat

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Rigid flat disc of wood, plastic, or plaster placed on wheel-head. When throwing is finished, bat is lifted off wheelhead, avoiding damage or warpage.

mishima

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

East Asian method of creating an inlaid effect by applying contrasting slip into a design incised in leather-hard clay. When the slip stiffens, the excess is scraped off.