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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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Venus de Milo
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
The Venus de Milo, or the Aphrodite of Milos, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. It was created between 130 and 100 BC and is ...
upcycle
Apparel; Coats & jackets
The process of converting waste or discarded products into new products with higher quality and new usage. Reworking junk materials into new and improved products. Often ...
eco-chic
Weddings; Coats & jackets
Environmentally-friendly and ethical design that does not sacrifice quality or style. Both \'green\' and stylish. A combination of trendiness and environment.
wood carving
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of cutting tool(knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands, resulting in a wooden figure, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a ...
stone
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
1. Cut rock, suitable for carving and building. One of the traditional materials of the sculptor, it has been carved, drilled, and polished since prehistoric times. The most ...
terra cotta
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
1. Literally "Cooked Earth". Italian for fired or baked clay. "Terre cuite" in French. The end product of a fired sculpture. 2. The term terra cotta clay is often used for any ...
welding
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
The process of joining together two pieces of metal by fusion. Intense heat is applied by an oxyacetylene torch in gas or oxacetylene welding, and by electrical means in arc ...
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