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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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bluing
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
A water-soluble pigment used in the initial cast of a plaster waste mold to alert the mold maker to the closeness of the cast.
Della Robbia
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Trade name of Sculpture House, Inc. A self-hardening clay that can be fired in a kitchen oven at low temperatures; for decorative use only, nonfunctional pottery.
denatured
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Term describing alcohol which is unfit for consumption due to modification by heating. Used in mold making and casting.
de-oxidation
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
The removal of oxygen as in reduction firing in ceramics to achieve a specific effect.
de-waxing
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Removing the wax model from a mold; usually accomplished with heat.
dextrin
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
A sticky starch used in adhesives; also used in self-hardening clays.
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