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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running

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

A build-up of glaze that flows beyond desired boundaries. Also known as pooling.

rutile

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Brown, deep red, or black mineral that gives a brilliant metallic luster to ceramics and pottery when fired in a glaze.

tacky

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Not yet dry or set. A sticky state of rubber before setting or curing.

tap drill

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Tool used to make an initial hole or indentation; used in mold making or wood sculpture.

tare scale

Arts & crafts; Sculpture

Scale used to determine tare, the weight of a material found by deducting the weight of the container holding the material from the total weight. Used with polyurethane rubber ...