Glossary
Craft Artist Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential craft artist terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key craft artist vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in craft artist training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Artist statement
- Description of your work.
- Booth
- Fair display.
- Commission
- Paid custom work.
- Consignment
- Paid when it sells.
- Cost of goods
- Material and labor costs.
- Craft fair
- Market for makers.
- Gallery
- Space that shows and sells art.
- Glaze
- Glass coating on pottery.
- Juried show
- Selected exhibitors.
- Kiln
- Firing oven.
- Line sheet
- Product list for buyers.
- Medium
- Material used.
- Portfolio
- Collection of best work.
- Retail
- Selling to customers.
- Wholesale
- Selling to stores.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Craft Artist practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Craft Artist training.
Browse terms from every career in our career glossary.