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Anonymous01/18/26, 19:16No.2971574Artistic crafts
Does anyone practice an artistic craft such as glass art, wood carving, ceramics, painting little objects, and so on? What do you do and what are the most satisfying things you've done in it? Advice for people who want to get started?
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Anon01/18/26, 22:07No.2971621
I started cutting gemstones a while ago. I don't know if anyone is familiar with this?Anyways, I am unemployed and struggling to find work, so I am spending my time trying to be somehow "productive".I used to go to the gym a lot, but as I am getting poorer by the day, I am spending most of my time on my faceting machine which is getting old. I'd love to get a new one sometime soon.I am posting here out just for the hell of it, wondering if this will catch interest.
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Anon01/18/26, 22:16No.2971624
Sex bots are engineering somewhat but form takes precedence over function.
I think how can i do this so it can be more aesthetic rather than how can i achieve this so it’s more efficient.
I bet someone like steve jobs would coom at the process more so than the computer machine which most people dont really care how it looks like.
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Anon01/19/26, 02:26No.2971705
>ceramics
I gotchu senpai, what do you want to know? We do it all here at [redacted] ceramics, from boxes of brown goop to finished, glazed, and illuminated pieces.
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Anon02/15/26, 20:54No.2976705
I do a lot of band weaving in cotton, wool/silk, and silk. I tried linen once, but it wasn't tightly spun enough for the high tension and it snapped a couple inches into weaving it. ): The most satisfying bands I've woven were both with silk, one a silk knitting yarn that's super soft, the other in antique silk sewing thread. That one was a bitch to weave...it's super slippery so tying it onto the loom, even a short length, was a challenge. The end result is super cool though, the patterns are so finely detailed.
I'd recommend starting a short band and weaving backstrap style, using cotton crochet thread, because it's pretty cheap that way, and if you decide you like it you can splurge on an inkle loom and some nicer yarns.
Picrel is my current band in cotton.
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Anon02/15/26, 23:41No.2976733
Was trying to collect a sterling kitchen set but melted it down to do some metalworking. Now Ive got more than 500usd in tools and silver did a 3-4x in price. Aside from paperweights and jewelry theres not much thats practical to make out of silver. Im glad i didnt get into investment casting at least. It would take hundreds of dollars to just make a setup big enough for 4 inch (+10cm) figures
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Anon02/19/26, 20:17No.2977486
I do wood joinery and the like but that is a topic for its own dedicated thread
One thing I've always wanted to do is stained glass windows of some kind. Buy sheet glass, cut it, make a hardwood frame, and replace an existing window somewhere.
Though I live in Florida and the insurance company would surely find out it's not impact rated, still I remain determined to do this.
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Anon02/22/26, 01:59No.2977825
I do stained glass! Lately I've sadly not been able to make anything since I've been so busy with work. I really want to learn stained glass painting. There's glass and there's painting. That's how all the old church peices are made. It's a shame all the good brushes are so expensive!
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Anon02/24/26, 00:47No.2978167
The clay marble thread became schizophrenic so I'm moving to here. I make chainmail and lately wrapping marbles in as many different weaves and I can figure out.
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Anon03/10/26, 23:48No.2980578
I'd love to see more posts like these. This board has way too many threads that are just tradies talking about their construction jobs.
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Anon03/12/26, 21:22No.2980924
I'm building custom fairings for my motorcycle
