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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burma slip

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Slip stone made of Burma stone used for sharpening tools.

burlap

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

An open mesh cloth used in reinforcing molds and sculptures; most commonly impregnated with plaster.

bubbling

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Caused by the overheating or high temperature of a kiln during glaze firing of pottery.

brush

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A wire or bristle material used in cleaning the interior of molds and in the application of patina on a piece of sculpture.

bruise

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Term most commonly used in stone carving. When a piece is dropped on a hard surface, discoloration or imperfection appears on the surface where the stone made contact.