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A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a corkscrew simply consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a handle, which the user screws into the cork and pulls to extract it. Corkscrews are necessary because corks ...
Cork borers usually come in a set of nested sizes along with a solid pin for pushing the removed cork (or rubber) out of the borer. The individual borer is a hollow tube, tapered at the edge, generally with some kind of handle at the other end. A separate device is a cork borer sharpener used to hone the cutting edge to more easily slice the cork.
The Armstrong Cork Company (formerly of Armstrong World Industries) was a cork manufacturer which was located at 2349 Railroad Street in the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Armstrong Cork Company eventually moved its headquarters to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
George Atkinson (18 September 1880 – 24 March 1941) was an Irish designer, printmaker, painter, and educator. [3] Born in County Cork, Ireland, he became the director of the National College of Art in Dublin and played a significant role in the development of art education and the arts and crafts movement in Ireland during the early 20th century.
Bone folders Bone folders made of (L-R) Teflon, teflon, bone and wood. A bone folder, bonefolder, or folding bone is a dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts such as bookbinding, [1] [2] cardmaking, [3] origami, [4] and other paper crafts that require a sharp crease or fold.
The Crawford is based in the centre of Cork in what used to be the Cork Customs House, built in 1724. [7] [8] The Customs House became home to the Royal Cork Institution (RCI) in the 1830s, [9] and the RCI was involved in opening the Cork School of Design on the site in 1850. [10] The gallery building in 1902, then the Crawford School of Art
Caulk boots or calk boots [1] (also called cork boots, timber boots, logger boots, logging boots, or corks) [2] are a form of rugged spike-soled footwear that are most often associated with the timber industry. [3] They are worn for traction in the woods and were especially useful in timber rafting. [4]
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland (ACSI) was founded in 1894, instigated by Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo, with the aim of encouraging and sponsoring the development of artistic industries in Ireland. It held its first exhibition in 1895, opening on 7 November in the Royal University Buildings, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin.