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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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octagon handle
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Wood handle with 8 sides used for wood carving tools and rasps. The handle’s shape gives the user a good grip.
opaque alabaster
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Medium hard grade carving stone, indigenous to Italy and the western United States, through which light cannot pass.
oversized handle
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Large, normally round, handle used for wood carving with the larger sweep tools, generally over 2 inches in diameter.
oxidation
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
Color change in metals due to exposure to oxygen; forms a patina or coloration on bronze statues.
ozark stone
Arts & crafts; Sculpture
An extremely fine grain sharpening stone from the southern region of the United States used to sharpen wood and stone carving tools.
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