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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envelope kiln

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A kiln in which the firing platform is stationary, but the body of the kiln rolls out of the way horizontally on tracks. Often equipped with two firing platforms to be fired ...

silicon carbide

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Extremely hard, refractory material used to form kiln shelves. Highly resistant to corrosive atmospheres, and therefore suitable for salt, soda, and wood firing. Silicon carbide ...

ergonomics

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The science of comfortable and effective utility, determining how well a functional object or device works with the human body.

silk screen

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A form of decoration where the colour paste is forced thro a decorative patterned screen either directly onto the ware or a transfer paper.

eutectic

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Chemical phenomenon where two materials in combination melt at lower temperature than either material by itself. For example, lithium carbonate and silica each melt at cone 32 ...

sintering

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In heating clays and glazes, a solid-state reaction where particles stick together permanently, and mass can be considered fired. With increasing temperature, fluxes and ...