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Obscure Artifacts and Forgotten Alchemy
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Embedding contrasting materials into surfaces, fading from modern craft
- 2. Delicate gold or silver wire twisting creating lace-like decorative work
- 3. Metal once laboriously hammered and twisted to craft durable joints
- 6. Delicate shaping by molten silica, an art nearly vanished in some cultures
- 7. Ancient method of metal inlay creating distinct watery patterns
- 8. Painted illusionry technique tricking eyes with three-dimensional realism
- 13. Corrosive method of engraving metal using acid, intricate but less common
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- 4. Decorative pottery technique simulating swirling stone veins lost to time
- 5. Multiple resin coatings forming protective, glossy finishes lost in many traditions
- 9. A fragile art form of pulped layers reconstituted into hardened sculpt
- 10. French city renowned for a lost enamel painting technique on porcelain
- 11. Ancient technique of molten alloy poured into sand or clay molds
- 12. Artful adjustment of feathers in arrow construction for aerodynamic mastery
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