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