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Esoteric Arts of Lost Craftsmanship
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Intricate openwork patterns cut in wood or metal, often decorative panels
  • 2. Artistic use of seashells in decorative assemblages popular in Baroque Europe
  • 3. Crafting furniture frames by weaving flexible palm stems
  • 4. Applying multiple hardened resin layers for art or protection, often Asian origin
  • 5. Intricate metalwork technique from ancient Syria, famed for inlaying with gold or silver
  • 6. Engraving on whale bone or ivory, traditionally by seafarers
  • 8. Lace-making method involving delicate looped knots, now nearly obsolete
  • 10. Technique crafting images from veneer pieces, a wood mosaic art
  • 12. Green patina formed on aged copper, once artificially produced for art
  • 14. Obscure term for dyeing wool using animal brain mixtures to fix colors
  • 17. Applying thin leaf of precious metal to surfaces, from manuscripts to frames
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  • 7. Weaving pliable natural materials to create functional containers or art
  • 9. French term for quiet mastery in goldsmithing and silversmithing arts
  • 11. Norwegian needlework featuring cutwork and embroidery in geometric forms
  • 13. Painting technique using heated beeswax mixed pigments, prized in antiquity
  • 15. Animal skin treated for manuscript creation before paper
  • 16. Ancient natural dyeing process using a specific blue pigment from plants
  • 18. Preparatory step in weaving to arrange lengthwise threads on a loom

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