Details Report for:
27-1012.00 - Craft Artists
Create or reproduce handmade objects for sale and exhibition using a variety of techniques, such as welding, weaving, pottery, and needlecraft.
Sample of reported job titles: Artist, Ceramic Artist, Designer, Fiber Artist, Fine Craft Artist, Furniture Maker, Glass Artist, Glass Blower, Goldsmith, Hand-Weaver
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Technology Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Analytical or scientific software — John Hesselberth and Ron Roy GlazeMaster
- Computer aided design CAD software
— DRAWSTITCH Artistic Sewing Suite; Embroidery design software; Floriani MDQ My Decorative Quilter; Pattern design software (see all 5 examples)
- Electronic mail software — Email software
- Graphics or photo imaging software — SmugMug Flickr
- Instant messaging software — Twitter
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Point of sale POS software — Sales management software
- Web page creation and editing software — Facebook
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Air brushes — Artists' air brushes
- Air cleaners — Dust collectors
- Air compressors — Electric air compressors; Gas-powered air compressors
- Angle gauge — Digital angle gauges
- Angle measuring instrument — Degree gauges
- Anvils — Bench anvils
- Applicator brushes — Flux brushes; Glue brushes
- Artist knives — Encaustic scrapers
- Automatic lathe or chucking machine — Polishing bench lathes
- Bastard cut file — Bastard hand files
- Belt and disc sander — Belt sanders
- Bench scales — Digital scales
- Bench vises — Bench pins; Workbench vises
- Bending machines — Steam bending tools
- Biscuit jointers — Biscuit joiners
- Blade sharpener — Tool sharpeners
- Blow torch — Butane torches
- Bobbins or bobbin holders — Thread bobbins
- Boring machines — Line boring machines
- Burnisher — Burnishing tools
- C clamps
- Calipers — Digital calipers
- Calligraphy pens
- Candlemaking accessories — Wick setters
- Candlemaking forms — Candle molds
- Carving tools — Carving knives; Carving mallets
- Clay or modeling tools — Ceramic loop tools; Clay cutters; Slab rollers; Tile presses (see all 23 examples)
- Combination pliers — Half-round pliers
- Commercial use molds — Soap molds
- Coping saw — Coping saws
- Corner clamps
- Crochet hooks
- Cross and straight pein hammer — Chasing hammers; Jewelers' planishing hammers
- Cutting die — Disc cutter dies
- Diagonal cut pliers — Flush cutters
- Domestic clothing irons — Steam irons
- Dovetail machine — Dovetail jigs
- Dressmakers ruler — Sewing rulers
- Drill press or radial drill — Benchtop drill presses; Floor mount drill presses; Mini drill presses
- Drum sander — Drum sanders
- Drying cabinets or ovens — Drying cabinets
- Dye sublimination printers — Image sublimation printers
- Ear plugs — Hearing protection plugs
- Edge bander — Edge banding machines
- Electrolytic bath machine — Electroplating machines
- Extruders for modeling materials — Handheld clay extruders
- Fabric frame — Quilting frames
- Fabric or cloth folding machines — Bias tape machines
- Facial shields — Face shields
- Felting machines — Feltmaking machines
- Floor looms
- Gas burners — Bunsen burners
- Glass blowing instrument — Bead shaping molds; Blowhoses; Push and blow tubes; Stainless steel mandrels (see all 13 examples)
- Glass cutters — Glass cutting shears; Glass rod nippers; Spring-loaded tubing cutters
- Grinding machines — Ball mills
- Half round file — Half-round hand files; Half-round needle files
- Hammers — Bush hammers; Riveting hammers; Texturing hammers
- Hand looms — Inkle looms; Lap looms; Small hand looms; Tapestry looms
- Handheld thermometer — Digital thermometers
- Heat guns — Electric heat guns
- Height gauges
- Hex keys — Allen wrenches
- Hold down clamps — Hold-down clamps
- Hose or pipe clamps — Pipe clamps
- Hydrometers — Digital hydrometers
- Inkjet printers — Color inkjet printers
- Jewellers pliers — Jewelers' chain-nose pliers; Jewelers' crimper pliers; Jewelers' solder cutting pliers; Jewelers' wire looping pliers (see all 8 examples)
- Jewelry mandrels — Ring mandrels
- Jigsaw — Jigsaws
- Kiln accessories for firing ceramics — Kiln oxygen probes; Kiln ventilation hoods
- Kiln furniture — Ceramic bead bars; Kiln carts
- Kilns for firing ceramics — Electric kilns; Gas kilns; Pottery kilns; Raku kilns (see all 5 examples)
- Lapping machine — Reciprocating lapping machines
- Levels — Laser levels; Precision levels
- Lighters — Torch igniters
- Loupes — Jewelers' loupes
- Magnetic stripe readers and encoders — Credit card machines
- Mallets — Dead blow mallets; Rawhide mallets
- Masks or accessories — Dust masks
- Mechanical or ultrasonic metal cleaner — Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners
- Micrometers — Digital micrometers
- Mini pliers — Bail shaping pliers
- Miter saw — Chop saws
- Moisture meters — Moisture monitors
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Paint brushes — Artists' paint brushes; Stencil brushes
- Paint sprayers — Paint spray guns
- Palette knives — Artists' palette knives
- Palettes for paint or ink mixing — Artists' palettes
- Paper drilling machines — Paper drills
- Personal computers
- pH meters — pH indicators
- Photo print dryer — Flashdryers
- Photocopiers — Thermofaxes
- Picks — Soldering picks
- Pipettes for paint or dye mixing — Paint mixing pipettes
- Planes — Bench planes; Hand planes; Smoothing planes
- Pneumatic hammer — Pneumatic chisels
- Polariscopes — Strain viewers
- Potters wheels for hand made ceramics — Electric potters wheels; Kick wheels
- Power buffers — Buffing tools
- Power drills — Cordless power drills; Diamond core drills
- Power grinders — Dressing wheels; Stone or metal grinders
- Power nail guns — Brad nailers; Pin nailers
- Power planes — Planing equipment
- Power routers — Heavy duty fixed base routers; Portable routers; Rabbeting routers
- Power saws — Circular saws; Panel saws; Table saws; Tile saws
- Power scissors — Disc cutters
- Power screwguns — Power screwdrivers
- Power staple guns
- Printing presses — Manual production printing presses; Tabletop printing presses
- Protective gloves — Heat resistant gloves
- Protractors
- Pry bars
- Punches or nail sets or drifts — Center punches; Punch sets
- Punching pliers — Hole-punching pliers
- Pyrometers — Digital pyrometers
- Rasps — Riffler rasps; Steel rasps
- Remote reading thermometers — Non-contact thermometers
- Respirators — Dust and particulate respirators
- Rotary paper or fabric cutter — Fabric cutters; Rotary cutters
- Rulers — Graphic arts rulers
- Safety glasses — Protective safety glasses
- Sand blasting machine — Sandblasting guns
- Saw guide — Miter gauges
- Sawing machines — Compound miter saws
- Saws — Handsaws; Jewelers' saws; Trim saws
- Scrapers for paint application — Paint scrapers
- Screwdrivers — Phillips screwdrivers; Straight screwdrivers
- Scribers — Double-ended etching scribes; Scoring knives; Scribing tools
- Scroll saw — Scroll saws
- Seam ripper — Seam rippers
- Sewing machines — Machine quilters
- Sewing needles — Punch needles
- Sharpening stones or tools or kits — Tool sharpening stones
- Silk screen arc lamps — Silk screen exposure units
- Silk screen screens — Aluminum silkscreening screens
- Silk screen squeegees — Silk-screening squeegees
- Silk screen vacuum printing frames — Silk-screening roller frames
- Spatulas — Encaustic spatulas; Flexible ink spatulas
- Specialty brushes — Angled paint brushes; Round short handle brushes
- Spirit burners — Alcohol lamps
- Squares — Engineers squares
- Stamping dies or punches — Bead press machines
- Stonemason chisel — Stone carving chisels; Stone carving knives
- Straight edges — Precision straightedges
- T squares — Layout T-squares
- Table looms — Rigid heddle looms; Tabletop looms
- Tablet computers
- Templates — Design templates; Woodworking templates
- Tenoner or tenoning machine — Mortise and tenon jigs
- Thermal tape printers — Heat transfer printers
- Thermocouples — Theromcouples
- Tile cutter — Tile cutters
- Tongs — Dipping tongs; Raku tongs
- Triple beam balances — Triple beam scales
- Tumblers or polishers — Finishing tumblers
- Tweezers — Cross-lock tweezers; Mashing tweezers; Solder tweezers
- Utility knives — Linoleum cutters
- Viscosimeters — Digital viscosometers
- Warping machine — Warping mills
- Wet or dry combination vacuum cleaners — Shop vacuums
- Wire gauge — Jewelers' wire gauges
- Wood burning tools — Woodburning tool sets
- Wood chisels — Wood carving chisels; Wood carving skews
- Wood gouge — Wood carving gouges
- Wood mannequins — Modeling stands
- Wool comb — Wool combs
- Yarn assembly winder — Conewinders
Knowledge Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Abilities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Detailed Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Apply finishes to artwork, crafts, or displays.
- Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes.
- Select materials or props.
- Promote products, activities, or organizations.
- Build models, patterns, or templates.
- Confer with clients to determine needs.
- Develop promotional strategies or plans.
- Draw detailed or technical illustrations.
- Monitor current trends.
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Work Context Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Job Zone Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Title | Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed |
Education | Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. |
Related Experience | Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job. |
Job Training | Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations. |
Job Zone Examples | These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants. |
SVP Range | (6.0 to < 7.0) |
Education
Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. ![]() |
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Work Styles Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Related Occupations Save Table (XLS/CSV)
27-1013.00 | Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators |
27-1023.00 | Floral Designers |
49-9063.00 | Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners |
51-5113.00 | Print Binding and Finishing Workers |
51-6051.00 | Sewers, Hand |
51-9071.00 | Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers |
51-9151.00 | Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators |
51-9194.00 | Etchers and Engravers |
51-9195.05 | Potters, Manufacturing |
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages (2019) | $16.69 hourly, $34,710 annual |
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Employment (2019) | 10,600 employees |
Projected growth (2019-2029) | ![]() |
Projected job openings (2019-2029) | 1,000 |
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Top industries (2019) | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (17% employed in this sector)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data
and 2019-2029 employment projections
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"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2019-2029). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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