F Stop Film

General

A scale that measures the size of the opening of the iris on a camera’s lens.  When one opens the iris wider, more light is allowed to expose the film.  Closing the iris permits a less amount of light to enter the camera.  The smaller the number of the f-stop, the wider is the opening of the iris (and vice versa).  A standard f-stop scale is 1.4 - 2 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 11 - 16 – 22.

fabric, right side Quilting

General
The top or front of a fabric is considered the right side. The right side of a fabric is the side of the fabric that contains a finish.

façade Carpentry

General
A building's front elevation.

Face / Typeface Calligraphy

General

Face is the standard term used for an alphabet created for typographic use.

face nail Carpentry

General
A nail inserted at a 90 degree angle to the top surface of an object.

Facet Artist Anatomy

General

A term describing a type of bone concave form, facet is a small depression that takes in the convexity of a secondary bone at a joint.

Facing Pages Graphic Design

General

Facing pages are two pages that are displayed as a spread if the publication is open in a double-sided document.

factory and shop lumber Carpentry

Product
The lumber that will be used for future manufacturing processes.

Fade Film

Technical

Moving from a shot into blackness; the image of the film gradually fades into darkness is called a fade out.  A fade in is the term for when the darkness becomes brighter and brighter and the image comes into view.  They are created in a lab during the printing phase.  However, negative cutters prepar them beforehand by cutting an overlap of black into the A&B rolls.  Fades made in the labs only come in set amounts, such as 48 frames.

faille Interior Decorating

Product
Cotton, rayon or slik woven fabric that is gently ribbed.

Fair Agent Agreement Business Art

General

A fair agent agreement is an agreement made between an artist and an artist agent in regard to how the agent will go about gaining exposure for the artist’s work.  Some agreements are exclusive agreements – in other words, one agrees to work with only one particular agent.  Some agents desire an artist to sign an agency agreement that lasts up to three years.  This provides them the chance to market one’s work and start working on licenses agreements.  It is best not to sign an agreement longer than a year with an art agent unless one is interested in licensing one’s work.  This way if an agent does not perform his/her job to one’s tastes, one can then switch to another agent in a shorter amount of time.

A few key items that are important in a fair agent agreement are statements that allow any work loaned to the agent to be returned once the agreement ends, a description of the reservation of an artist’s right to end a licensing or sale agreement, a description of who will take on the cost of advertising and promotional materials and additional expenses, the amount the agent will be paid for up-coming transactions (like sales, licenses…) without the assistance of the agent, as well as provision of the rights of both parties to end the agreement. 
 

family Gardening

General
A botanical separation in the plant kingdom that is made up of genera.

Fan Service Anime / Manga

General

Fan service may refer to shots of a woman’s undergarments or body solely for the sake of visual pleasure.  The term may also refer to any items included within manga or anime for the sake of pleasing the fans. 

Fanboy/Fangirl Anime / Manga

General

Fanboy and fangirl are rather negative terms used to refer to an obsessive anime fan from the United States.  The term “trekkie” is its equivalent.

fancies Quilting

General
Complicated quilting designs.

Fansub Anime / Manga

General

Fansub is an anime that is subtitled by non-professionals.  It is frequently done as a result of no dubbing being yet available for a particular anime. Frequently anime releases can be accessed in fansub form several months in advance of when a professional version is completed.  One can obtain fansub forms through the internet, in college anime groups or at anime conventions.  Though illegal, fansub forms are often allowed because of marketing purposes.  Once the official anime release is in circulation in the United States, many internet sources pull out the illegal versions.
 
 

fascia Carpentry

Product
Wood placed on the exterior surface of a box cornice which is attached to the ends of the rafters and lookouts with nails.

Fat Art Materials and General Art Terms

General

A description of paint.  “Fat” relates to the high oil content in a particular paint.     

fat eighth Quilting

General
A piece of fabric with the measurements of 9" x 22."

fat over lean Painting

Technical
Fat over lean is a painting rule that, when followed, prevents oil paintings from cracking over time.  'Fat' oil paint refers to paint that comes from a paint tube with nothing mixed into it.  In order to make oil paint even fatter, it can be mixed with oil.  When paint is mixed with turpentine, it is said be 'lean'.  Lean oil paint has a lesser drying period than fat oil paint.  Because of this, a layer of paint should, in general, be fatter than the layer going on top of it.  Not following this painting rule can make a painting prone to cracking.  It should be noted that thick paint is not the same as fat paint.  Even if a painter used paint diluted with oil, it would be considered fat paint.  
 

 

fat quarter Quilting

General
A piece of fabric with the measurements of 18" x 22."

fatty acids Fermentation

General

A fatty acid is an organic acid molecule made up of a carboxylic acid group and a chain of carbon molecules.  They can be obtained in oil, fat and as parts in a variety of essential lipids such as triglycerides.  The body can use fatty acids to create energy. 

 

Fauvism Art Styles/Movements

General

1905-1908

Fauvism was the fore-runner of the avant-garde movements that sprung up in Europe during the 20th century.  Unnatural, bright, often unusual combinations were put together in this movement’s artwork.  The underlying current of the movement was expressionistic.  Distorted landscapes filled with color was typical.  The name “Fauvism” was coined when a critic was commenting on a sculpture located in the same space of the group’s first exhibition.  The critic’s disdainful comment of, “Donatello among the wild beasts!” caught on and was gladly accepted by the Fauvist artists.  Key artists in the movement include Rouault, Derain, Vlaminck, Braque, Dufy and Matisse. 
 

faux painting Interior Decorating

Product
On surface painted with an imitation finish of a natural material.

Feather Graphic Design

Technical

To feather means to insert tiny portions of leading within paragraphs, lines and in front of or after headings to balance the baselines of a page’s columns.

feather quilting Quilting

General

A type of quilting that involves complicated quilting designs. Also known as fancies.

feathering Cosmetology

Technical
Usually "feathering" refers to when texture is given to a hair style from various points of view.  An even texture is made by blending in the layers.  Shaggy haircuts use the feathering technique on the hair ends.  

 

Felt Textiles

General

A fabric created from hair, wool or a combination of made-made fibers; it is a non-woven fabric. 

fenestration Carpentry

General
The organization and sizing of exterior doors and windows to a building.

fertilizer Gardening

Product
An organic or synthetic material that provides nutrients for plants.

fiber saturation point Carpentry

General
The point at which the cell walls are full and the cell cavities contain no water in the drying or wetting of wood.

Fibre Mix Textiles

General

A combination of silk and linen, viscose, and cotton; it is created to alter the properties of a material in order to help it maintain its shape. 

fibromyalgia Fermentation

General

Fibromyalgia is a painful, chronic, widespread condition that is intensified by pressure on the body.  It is often associated with poor memory, lack of sleep, mood disorders, fatigue and lethargy.  Statistically, more women than men suffer from this medical condition.  As with many health conditions, fibromyalgia can be helped by a healthy diet, including the consumption of fermented foods such as yogurt and kefir to foster a healthy balance of gut flora in the intestines.  Maintaining healthy intestinal flora are essential for those suffering from chronic health conditions because over 80% of the immune system is found in the gut.  Boosting the immune system can assist a person fighting any health condition or disease. 

 

Fichu Fashion

General

Scarves designed for women that were worn in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.  The scarves were generally created from muslin. 

field weld Welding

General
A weld job completed not in a welding studio, but in a field or at a site.

Figure Drawing

General

A figure is a positive or dominate shape in a drawing or painting. The shape is distinct from the background of the picture; it comes forward in the composition.

Figure Ground Relationship Drawing

General

The figure-ground relationship is the organization of negative and positive shapes positioned in such a way as to create interest from the viewing audience.  Another term for this type of relationship is called “positive/negative relationship.”

File Formats Print Making

General

A digital file’s information is stored in different kinds of file formats.  Either the formats are based in the application program that first made the file (.doc is a Microsoft Word file for instance) or a standard format that is understood by the majority of imaging programs (like JPG).  Some file formats will take the information and compress it so it makes files smaller.  This in turn helps to save storage space and better facilitates sending e-mails of the digital information.  However, during the compression process information is lost.  Examples of such formats include AI, EPS, JPG PSD, and TIFF. 

Filler Art Materials and General Art Terms

Product

Pigment that is inert which is mixed into paint in order to thicken it.  It is also known as an “extender.”  Often times it is much cheaper and more efficient for a painter to use a filler especially if the painting requires a large amount of paint. 

Filler (quilting) Quilting

Product

 Filler refers to the type of quilt batting used to line the inside of a quilt.  Examples of filler include: wool, synthetic fiber, or cotton.  These items are wadded into rolls or sheets and used by quilters to line quilts.

Filler / Fill / Sound Fill Film

General

A scrap film that is usually used to ensure a sound track runs the same length as the picture; sometimes there may not be any sound, but the track still needs to be the same length.  Filler is often a print that has the emulsion removed from along its center. 

filler metal Welding

General
The addition of a welding rod or another type of metal to a seam to ensure that the maxiumum thickness of a weld bead is achieved.

fillet weld Welding

Technical
A weld deposit of filler metal in triangular-like shapes.

Film Art Materials and General Art Terms

Product

A thin layer of a material, such as paint. 

Film Cement Film

Product

A type of liquid that melts and adheres together two separate pieces of film. 

Film Plane Film

General

The plane of depth from a film’s lens inside the camera.  The plane marks the point where the distances on the focusing ring are measured.  It is marked on the exterior of the camera with a mark that resembles the planet Saturn turned sideways. 

Film Speed Film

General

The measurement of the sensitivity of light needed for the necessary exposure of a particular film stock.  It is mainly the result of the size of the silver halides within the emulsion.  The standard rule is that the bigger the grain, the less light becomes necessary for exposure.  Most of the time film stocks are referred to as being slow or fast.  A slow film contains tinier grains and it needs more light.  And fast film contains bigger grains and requires less light.

Filter Film

Equipment

A tinted piece of plastic or glass that is positioned in front of or behind a lens in a filter holder.  It fuctions as a means to alter the color appearance of the shot.  They can be used to change tungsten balanced film for use in broad daylight or the other way around.  Sometimes they are used for aesthetic purposes. 

finger-pressing Quilting

Technical
A method that creates a crease in a piece of fabric by using one's fingers or fingernails.

finished size Quilting

General
The measurements of a finished quilt or block not including the seam allowances.

Finishing Leather

Technical

There are numerous kinds of ways in which the surface of leather can be finished after tanning.  Finishing lends an original appearance to a piece of hide, hides blemishes, changes the surface color and protects the hide from wear.  The lower the quality of a hide, the more finishing is needed to create a decent leather. 

fire stop Carpentry

General
A block inserted between studs within a wall to stop the dispersion of fire or smoke in the air.

fire wall Carpentry

General
A wall that separates a building into smaller spaces to prevent fire from traveling.

Fixative Art Materials and General Art Terms

Product

A solution sprayed on drawings to stop any possible blurring, smudging or flaking from happening to it.  It is used to “fix” the drawing so it remains honest to the initial drawing.  It is best to spray fixatives outdoors to prevent the spray (usually alcohol or shellac) from entering the lungs.    

fixed positioning Computer

General

Fixed positioning is one way that an element can be positioned with CSS. If an element is in a fixed position, the box of the element acts like it is set to absolute; however the element’s box container is actually the viewpo 

fixed table layout Computer

General

Refers to a quick type of table layout using CSS that is not reliant on the contents of table cells.  This type of layout relies instead on the width values of the cells, columns and table located in the 1st row of the table.   This layout uses these steps: 1) A column element with a width property set to any value except to auto creates a width for itself.  2) A cell creates the width for its column if it has a width value other than auto, and the column contains an auto width.  If the cell spans several columns, the width is separated evenly amidst the columns.  3) All the columns that remain auto-sized are sized so their widths are evenly sized as much as possible.  4) The table width is fixed at the table’s width value or the total value of the column widths, depending on which value is greater.  If the column widths are less than the table width, then the amount between them is divided by the number of columns and added to each one.  

Flag Film

Equipment

The term may refer to a big black piece of cloth that is placed on a frame in order to remove light from a portion of the composition.  The term may also refer to a little piece of tape that is adhered to a shot in a roll in a cutting room.  It is used as a bookmark.  It sticks out of a roll’s side and makes finding particular shots easy.

Flare Film

General

The term flare may refer to the irregular pattern of direct light washing out the start and end of a roll on daylight spools.  The term may also refer to lens flare.  Lens flare results when a lens is hit by light which causes the whole image to be fogged.  Lens flare can be prevented by flagging the lens. 

Flash Graphic Design

Product

Flash is a type of vector graphic animation software.  It was made by Macromedia to make browser-independent graphics; these type of graphics are thus displayed in the same manner across all browsers – keeping the Internet unified and ensures users are seeing what the website designer intended.  Using Flash animation is efficient way to animate something, because Flash download time is fast.

flash burn Welding

General
A painful burn resulting from ultraviolet-light radiation from the arc in arc welding.

Flash Frame Film

General

The term flash frame may refer to a single frame that is totally blank between two shots.  Flash frame happens if the camera is stopped while its gate is open which permits for an extended amount of exposure time on a particular single frame.  Sometimes flash frames can be useful in the editing room if used between shots; it allows a person to easily know when a shot ends and another begins.  The term may also refer to the first couple overexposed frames at the start or end of a shot as a result of the camera requiring more time to get up to speed. 

flashback Welding

General
The burning together of combined gases within a hose or torch body. If a flashback occurs one should shut off the torch and acetylene. To prevent flashbacks from continuing one must turn off the torch until the root of the problem is detected.

flashing Carpentry

General
Material - such as sheet metal - utilized in wall or roof construction to prevent water leakage.

flat paint Interior Decorating

Product
A paint without a sheen effect.

flat roof Carpentry

General
A level roof.

Flatbed Film

Equipment

A machine used for editing that is similar to a desk containing a screen at its center.  The film rests on plates that are threaded in the middle section that contains transports for the sound and picture.

Fleece Textiles

General

A sturdy pile fabric created from polyster.  It drys fast and will not pull or distort its shape; it is lighter and warmer than its wool counterpart.

Flex Artist Anatomy

General

To flex as it relates to muscles means to bend.  A flexor is a muscle that flexes.

Flex Fill Film

Equipment

A cloth bounce card that is put on a bendable ring that can be folded up to take up less room when it is not being used. 

floating the blocks Quilting

General
A term that refers to blocks that seem to float because of their arrangement in the quilt. Their corners' edges do not reach the edges of the quilt border.

floating, float Computer

General

Floating an element in CSS allows the element to be positioned to the right or left of its containing block and for other content to flow around it with respect to its edges.  Each floated element creates a block box despite any kind of box that would have been created if it was not floated.  A floated element is positioned depending on certain rules such as:  1) The right outer edge (or left) can not be to the right inner edge (or left) of the element’s containing block.  2) The top of a floating element can not be above the top of any previous block-level or floating element. 3) The top of a floating element can not be higher than the inner top of the element’s block container. 4) An element that is floated needs to be positioned as high as it can be placed.  5) An element that is floated left needs to be placed to the left as much as it can be (and the same principle applies to a right floated element).   

Flock Paper

General

Fibers chopped in small pieces that are dropped over a pattern printed on a section of adhesive material.  The aim of flock is to give the appearance of velvet. 

Flourish Calligraphy

General

A flourish is an elongated pen stroke or linear decoration element that enhances a letter’s basic form.

flowing rhythm Art Materials and General Art Terms

General

Flowing rhythm is one of the five types of visual rhythm.  It occurs when curvy positive and negative shapes are repeated and when wavy lines are repeated.  Examples of flowing rhythm are found on many wallpapers that contain flowers, leaves and stems.   

flue Carpentry

Product
The passage/passages in a chimney that gas or fumes escape through.

fluidity of line Drawing

General

Fluidity of line refers to the quality of smoothness, pliability, and gracefulness of a line. Such lines may be full of curves, twists, soft edges and trailing ends.  Fluid lines are dissimilar from hard lines which may contain rough edges, sharp angles and abrupt ends.

 

flush Carpentry

General
Refers to when two pieces are level or line up evenly together.

flux Welding

Product
A paste or chemical powder that is used to clean the base metal, and prevent atmospheric contamination during the processes of either brazing or soldering.

Fluxus Art Styles/Movements

General

1960-1965

Begun in New York in the 1960s which eventually expanded into Japan and Europe, Fluxus included a fusion of several past movements, including Bauhaus, Zen, and Dada.  Expansive gestural marks founded upon artistic notions coupled with burlesque characterized the movement.  The most well-known artist of the movement is Yoko Ono.  However, the movement is not just a stylistic way of doing art, but a sensibility – an attitude to creating art.  Often the artists that align themselves with the movement seek to alter social, political, and aesthetic ideas of how things should or could be done.  Other key artists of the movement include: Joseph Beuys, Robert Filliou and Dick Higgins.
 

Fly fringe Fashion

General

A silk fringe made up of small tassels or tufts.  The fringe was generally used to trim women’s gowns in the eighteenth century.

Focal Length Film

General

The view that a lens contains, whether it be a narrow view or a wide view.  Bigger numbers on a focal length signify a narrower view, and smaller numbers signify a wider view.

Fog Film

General

Fog occurs if any raw light has the opportunity of exposing the film.

folded-star patchwork Quilting

Technical
A method that uses material cut into squares that are folded into triangles which are positioned to create a star and attached to a background fabric.

Foley Film

Technical

Recording during the post-production process any custom sound effects.  It is done in the same process that dialogue is dubbed.  Foley is the name of the man who invented the process.

foliage plants Gardening

General
Plants placed in gardens on account of their eye-catching foliage, instead of their flowers.

Folio Graphic Design

General

A folio is a page number; the page number often includes running footers or headers.

Follow Focus Film

General

A shot that involves altering the focus of the camera during the shooting process to pair up with the action of the subject matter.

Font Graphic Design

General

Font refers to a set of characters that are in a particular typeface in a particular style and in a particular point size.  For example, a 14-point Times Italic is a font.  The typeface is Times, the style is Italic, and the point size is 14. 

Foot Candle Film

General

Foot candle refers to the measurement of light.  The term originated from exactly what its title is; the light of one candle that is one foot away is one foot candle.  Light meters convert foot candle numbers into an f-stop measurement.  However, one should realize that there exists several kind of film speeds.   Thus, using foot candles as a reference point is not necessary recommended because f-stops may not correspond exactly to any given number of foot candles since there are so many film speeds.

Footage Film

Equipment

Footage may refer to either the amount of film that a person has shot in a given time period, or it may refer to all of the film footage that has been exposed. 

footing Carpentry

General
The extension of course/courses at the base of a pier, column or foundation wall.

Foramen Artist Anatomy

General

A term describing a type of bone concave form, a foramen is a hole.

Foreground Drawing

General

The foreground is the closest space in a composition in relation to the viewer.  The foreground stands out from the background of the picture. 

foreshorten / foreshortening Drawing

Technical

Describes the means to create third dimension effect in a drawing by the shortening of lines in the drawing. 

 

foreshortening Art Perspective

General

An illusion of the eye, creating the effect that objects become smaller the further away they are, and become larger the closer they are to the viewer.  Foreshortening is used in drawing in order to create a sense of depth and make objects appear to exist spatially to each other.  

Format Art Perspective

General

Format relates to the size and shape of a painting.  If it is a rectangle, the orientation can be longer in the vertical dimension (portrait) - or longer in the horizontal (landscape).  Format decisions  by the artist on both size and shape of the art surface will impact the composition strategy and the effects. 

Fossa Artist Anatomy

General

A term describing a type of bone concave form, a fossa is a hollow that is not as shallow as a facet.

foundation Carpentry

General
The supporting base of a structure that rests under the first-floor of a building.

foundation fabric Quilting

General
The main piece of material upon which small pieces of material are stitched.

Foundry Ceramic Art

General

A factory that creates metal castings.  Metals, such as aluminum or iron, are cast into shapes by pouring melted metal into molds and then taking off the mold or casting once the metal has solidified. 

four-patch block Quilting

General
A block that contains either two or multiples of four units for each row.

four-triangle block construction method Quilting

Technical
A technique to piece blocks with seams that follow diagonally in a block in either direction. A four-triangle unit is created first and is then built upon by the addition of other units to finish the block.

four-triangle unit Quilting

General
A pieced square that is created by bringing together the short sides of four triangles.

four-triangle/hourglass alternate block set Quilting

General
An arrangement of blocks that contains four triangles joined to create a square (setting block) that alternates with the blocks of patchwork. When dark and light triangles are placed side by side, the block arrangement is called an hourglass alternate block set.

Fourdrinier Print Making

Equipment

Fourdrinier paper machines make the Hahnemühle natural paper.  The paper is created by the movement of a wire over many rollers which is applied to the saturated pulp.  Gradually the paper web is created.  Then the paper is removed from the wire and placed in the machine through natural felt rollers that in turn press and dry the paper in different stages.  The paper can be purchased in several surface textures and sizes.  Watercolorists often use the paper to paint on, and several kinds of printing processes use the paper as well. 

Frac Fashion

General

Frac is the French word for the English “frock coat.” 

Frame Film

General

Any single image on a piece of film; each second of film footage contains twenty-four frames. 

Frame Handles Film

General

Extra frames located at the end and start of each shot of footage.  The number of frame handles changes from each application.  In general, they are used to get original material ready for optical printing.  For instance, in optical printing, frame handles can be used to prevent printed-in dirt that often shows up next to a splice where bits of film cement have an opportunity to flake off.

Frame Line Film

General

A tiny amount of space the in the middle of frames.  Shots are cut and joined at a frame line.

framing Carpentry

General
The wooden structure of a building that adds strength and shape, such as a ceiling or exterior door.

Francis Abbot Artists/Craftpersons

General

 (1760 - 1802) Abbot was a painter from England.  Many of his customers were naval officers.  His portrayals of Lord Nelson are the most-known of his art.  Tragically, in 1798 he went crazy and was unable to finish his work; it was eventually finished by other artists.  

free-motion machine quilting Quilting

Technical

The method of stitching complicated and curving designs by a machine.

freedom quilt Quilting

General
A quilt created for a young man who has reached the age of twenty-one.

Freehand Drawing Drawing

General

A freehand drawing is a drawing that is created without the use of a mechanical device (such as a projector, straightedge, compass, or protractor).

freezer-paper applique Quilting

Technical
A method that uses freezer-paper patterns to act as seam line guides in order to turn under seam allowances when working on applique pieces.

French country style Interior Decorating

General
The French style of furniture created in French villages or towns by local woodworkers.

French Flat Film

Equipment

A metal black flag joined to the camera with an arm that can be altered into various positions.  It functions as a means to shade a camera’s lens from light that can cause flare. 

Fresco Painting

Technical

A technique used in painting that distributes pigments in water.  The pigments are then put on a damp plaster wall.  The binder is made from the wall and the support. The two methods of fresco painting are buon fresco and fresco secco.

Fresco secco Painting

Technical

A type of painting technique in which the pigment is combined with a binding agent and then applied on dry plaster.  A true fresco painting is better than using the method of fresco secco in terms of durability. 

friendship quilt Quilting

General
A quilt created by a number of people for a specific person. Each person is responsible for creating at least one block for the quilt's top.

frieze Carpentry

General
A boxed cornice wood trim structure member that is placed at the intersection of the wall and the soffit.

Frock coat Fashion

General

A single or double-breasted coat designed for men containing fold-back lapels.  The coat was fashionable during the late eighteenth century and nineteenth century.

fructooligosaccharide Fermentation

General

A kind of fiber that functions as a prebiotic in the intestines to provide food for the good microflora. 

 

fruitwood, apple wood, plum wood Carpentry

General

Fruitwood is a term used by businesses in regards to woods of different fruit trees, such as plum and apple.  Pear and apple woods are favored as carving woods because they are stable, permanent and soft.  Moreover, their textures are consistent and not rough to the touch.  The colors of fruitwood can vary from yellowish red to a carmel yellow.  

fugitive color or pigment Color

General
The fading or changing of a chemically unstable pigment over time due to lighting or storage conditions.

Fugitive Colors Art Materials and General Art Terms

General

Colors in dyes or pigments that fade when hit with sunlight. 

Fuki Fashion

General

A lining projecting from the hem and sleeve openings in the Japanese kimono. Usually it is in a contrasting color and sometimes it is padded.

Fullcoat Film

General

The term fullcoat refers to mag stock containing a layer of oxide that spreads all over one side.  One can purchase 35mm in either stripe or fullcoat.  16mm mag only comes fullcoat.  Stripe is less expensive than fullcoat.  In regard to 35mm, one might purchase the fullcoat over stripe because the fullcoat can be used to record many tracks. 

furring Carpentry

General
Furring is utilized to create air space in the middle of surfaces, to level surfaces and to enhance the visual look of a base by making it appear thicker than it really is. Skinny strips of wood are placed at intervals to create a nailing foundation for a second surface.

fusible webbing Quilting

General
A type of material covered with heat-activated adhesive. The adhesive joins fabric pieces together with the application of an iron.

fusion welding Welding

Technical
A type of welding in which a continuous section of metal is created by heating two separate metal pieces to a liquid state along the weld seam; a filler metal is often included to the molten puddle and then the whole object is cooled.

Futurism Art Styles/Movements

General

1909-1944


An avant-garde art movement in Italy that was inspired by technology, modernity and speed.  The machine age and war was celebrated, and so was Fascism.  Unlike most other art movements, Futurism was different in that it was a self-invented period.  Artists of the movement sought to create an understanding of a person’s memories and what one actually sees.  The way in which futurist artists represented the world impacted several future art movements such as Russian Constructivism and Cubism, as well as famous artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay.  Examples of futurist artists include: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, and Gino Severini.