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Job Description
Create or reproduce hand-made objects for sale and exhibition using a variety of techniques, such as welding, weaving, pottery, and needlecraft.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-1012.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,900.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
- Currently, there are 5,070 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Craft Artists”.
Also Known As…
- Craft Artists
- Hand-Weaver
- Goldsmith
- Glass Blower
- Glass Artist
- Furniture Maker
- Fine Craft Artist
- Fiber Artist
- Designer
- Ceramic Artist
- Artist
- Wood Crafter
- Toy Maker
- Taxidermist
- Quilter
- Picture Copyist
- Ornamental Metalwork Designer
- Music Grapher
- Music Autographer
- Memorial Designer
- Luthier
- Ivory Carver
- Inker and Opaquer
- Hand Potter
- Guitar Maker
- Furniture Reproducer
- Frame Stylist
- Flag Decorator
- Fiber Designer
- Creative Designer
- Craftsman
- Crafter
- Craft Worker
- Copyist
- Colorist
- Colorer
- China Painter
- Ceramics Artist
- Calligrapher
- Artisan
- Art Objects Repairer
- Apprentice, Painter, Neckties
Tasks for “Instrument Designer”
- Fabricate patterns or templates to guide craft production.
- Develop product packaging, display, and pricing strategies.
- Research craft trends, venues, and customer buying patterns to inspire designs and marketing strategies.
- Sketch or draw objects to be crafted.
- Plan and attend craft shows to market products.
- Advertise products and work, using media such as internet advertising and brochures.
- Create prototypes or models of objects to be crafted.
- Select materials for use based on strength, color, texture, balance, weight, size, malleability and other characteristics.
- Apply finishes to objects being crafted.
- Create functional or decorative objects by hand, using a variety of methods and materials.
- Confer with customers to assess customer needs or obtain feedback.
- Develop designs using specialized computer software.
- Cut, shape, fit, join, mold, or otherwise process materials, using hand tools, power tools, or machinery.
- Develop concepts or creative ideas for craft objects.
- Set specifications for materials, dimensions, and finishes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Gas-powered air compressors
- Glass cutting shears
- Workbench vises
- Tablet computers
- Jewelers' link forming pliers
- Digital pyrometers
- Shop vacuums
- Half-round pliers
- Soldering picks
- Rabbeting routers
- Wool combs
- Compound miter saws
- Handheld clay extruders
- Bevel tools
- Wick setters
- Cordless power drills
- Silk-screening squeegees
- Steam irons
- pH indicators
- Chop saws
- Disc cutter dies
- Finishing tumblers
- Carving mallets
- Polishing bench lathes
- Pottery duster brushes
- Kiln ventilation hoods
- Pin nailers
- Carving knives
- Steam bending tools
- Drying cabinets
- Kiln carts
- Mashing tweezers
- Slab rollers
- Chasing hammers
- Aluminum silkscreening screens
- Precision straightedges
- Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners
- Power staple guns
- Stone or metal grinders
- Bush hammers
- Credit card machines
- Triple beam scales
- Digital scales
- Glue brushes
- Jewelers' chain-nose pliers
- Ball mills
- Heat resistant gloves
- Half-round hand files
- Fabric cutters
- C clamps
- Detail carving tools
- Bail shaping pliers
- Straight screwdrivers
- Drum sanders
- Allen wrenches
- Tile cutters
- Miter gauges
- Pipe clamps
- Hand planes
- Burnishing tools
- Digital thermometers
- Ceramic loop tools
- Image sublimation printers
- Degree gauges
- Mortise and tenon jigs
- Butane torches
- Kiln oxygen probes
- Design templates
- Pottery kilns
- Strain viewers
- Layout T-squares
- Color inkjet printers
- Electric air compressors
- Warping mills
- Heavy duty fixed base routers
- Rawhide mallets
- Feltmaking machines
- Encaustic scrapers
- Raku kilns
- Laptop computers
- Benchtop drill presses
- Hearing protection plugs
- Mini drill presses
- Graphite reamers
- Brad nailers
- Marble molds
- Hole-punching pliers
- Precision levels
- Artists' palette knives
- Theromcouples
- Jigsaws
- Tool sharpeners
- Double-ended etching scribes
- Digital micrometers
- Round short handle brushes
- Stencil brushes
- Jewelers' planishing hammers
- Digital angle gauges
- Jewelers' wire looping pliers
- Stone carving chisels
- Pugmills
- Glassworking lathes
- Punch sets
- Fettling knives
- Ring mandrels
- Modeling stands
- Kick wheels
- Manual production printing presses
- Angled paint brushes
- Dipping tongs
- Sandblasting guns
- Jewelers' saws
- Clay mixers
- Protractors
- Jewelers' flat nose pliers
- Alcohol lamps
- Lap looms
- Corner clamps
- Artists' palettes
- Handsaws
- Pot lifts
- Biscuit joiners
- Hold-down clamps
- Non-contact thermometers
- Texturing hammers
- Tapestry looms
- Small hand looms
- Round hole punches
- Linoleum cutters
- Woodburning tool sets
- Dressing wheels
- Bench anvils
- Heat transfer printers
- Spring-loaded tubing cutters
- Portable routers
- Tabletop printing presses
- Soap molds
- Belt sanders
- Blowhoses
- Scribing tools
- Electric heat guns
- Digital viscosometers
- Table saws
- Wood carving chisels
- Thread bobbins
- Paint spray guns
- Saber saws
- Punch needles
- Engineers squares
- Circular saws
- Raku tongs
- Scroll saws
- Square hole cutters
- Flush cutters
- Electric kilns
- Seam rippers
- Dead blow mallets
- Bias tape machines
- Candle molds
- Artists' paint brushes
- Floor looms
- Bead press machines
- Encaustic spatulas
- Silk screen exposure units
- Glass rod nippers
- Glass kilns
- Tile presses
- Conewinders
- Scoring knives
- Protective safety glasses
- Coping saws
- Inkle looms
- Clay cutters
- Sewing rulers
- Flexible ink spatulas
- Diamond core drills
- Face shields
- Bead shaping molds
- Planing equipment
- Mold knives
- Pottery cleanup tools
- Dust collectors
- Pry bars
- Graphic arts rulers
- Silk-screening roller frames
- Center punches
- Dust masks
- Slab mats
- Moisture monitors
- Artists' air brushes
- Bastard hand files
- Rigid heddle looms
- Personal computers
- Dovetail jigs
- Phillips screwdrivers
- Jewelers' forming pliers
- Lampworking torches
- Line boring machines
- Machine quilters
- Crochet hooks
- Electric potters wheels
- Calligraphy pens
- Reciprocating lapping machines
- Buffing tools
- Height gauges
- Riveting hammers
- Hollow mandrels
- Jewelers' prong-closing pliers
- Parallel mashers
- Jewelers' solder cutting pliers
- Floor mount drill presses
- Flux brushes
- Edge banding machines
- Gas kilns
- Electroplating machines
- Sewing machines
- Digital calipers
- Smoothing planes
- Tabletop looms
- Pneumatic chisels
- Panel saws
- Solder tweezers
- Handlemaker tools
- Lathe burners
- Riffler rasps
- Push and blow tubes
- Graphite paddles
- Steel rasps
- Dust and particulate respirators
- Jewelers' crimper pliers
- Torch igniters
- Laser levels
- Rotary cutters
- Wood carving skews
- Paint mixing pipettes
- Bench planes
- Paper drills
- Sgraffito tools
- Extruder dies
- Bench pins
- Quilting frames
- Stainless steel mandrels
- Paint scrapers
- Woodworking templates
- Digital hydrometers
- Jewelers' loupes
- Power screwdrivers
- Trim saws
- Stone carving knives
- Disc cutters
- Tool sharpening stones
- Thermofaxes
- Tile saws
- Cross-lock tweezers
- Bunsen burners
- Potter's ribs
- Edging tools
- Hand glaze mixers
- Glass rakes
- Flashdryers
- Wood carving gouges
- Half-round needle files
- Jewelers' wire gauges
- Ceramic bead bars
- John Hesselberth and Ron Roy GlazeMaster
- Pattern design software
- Web browser software
- Electric Quilt Quilt Design Wizard
- Floriani MDQ My Decorative Quilter
- Email software
- Sales management software
- Embroidery design software
- DRAWSTITCH Artistic Sewing Suite