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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acid bath

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A term used in heat treating and tempering of steel.

acrylic

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A thermoplastic resin, created by mixing proportionate parts of plastic components together, used for cast and molded parts; can be clear or colored.

adalox paper

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Trade name of Norton Co. Grit paper of Carborundum ranging in mesh from 220 to 1200 used for sanding and finishing. The higher the number, the finer the grit.

aging

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

The process wherein a molecular change occurs with a moist or oil-base clay causing a physical reaction to the nature of the material.

air floated

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A process that eliminates foreign particles from a clay body, making it pure or refined.

alabaster

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A gypsum stone indigenous to Spain, Italy, and the Northwest United States. It can be opaque, translucent, colored, or banded; a dense calcite. A medium-grade carving stone.