Theme: Handmade arts and stuffs Plan: Handicrafts Arts Versus Crafts Types of craft Handicrafts

Theme: Handmade arts and stuffs

Plan: 1.Handicrafts 2. Arts Versus Crafts 3. Types of craft

Handicrafts

The term "craft" denotes a skill, usually employed in branches of the decorative arts (eg. ceramics), or in an associated artistic practice (eg. lace-making). A key feature of crafts is that they involve a high degree of "hands-on" craftsmanship (hence the colloquial term "handicrafts) rather than just skill with a machine.Some crafts that are practiced by artists working alone are sometimes referred to by the vague term "studio craft". Metal work, wood turning, glass blowing, and glass art are examples of "studio crafts", as is pottery - notably the studio pottery movement exemplified by Bernard Leach in Britain.

Arts Versus Crafts

• Arts Versus CraftsEver since the Renaissance era, when the status of painters and sculptors (who were previously regarded as craftsmen) was upgraded to "artist", the term "crafts" has been classified as a lesser creative activity to "arts." Why? Because, supposedly, a craftsman can predict what he is going to create, whereas an artist can't predict what he is going to create until he has created it. In practice, however, the line between an "art" and a "craft" is frequently so fine as to be meaningless. A ceramicist, for instance, is most unlikely ever to be able to predict how a particular glaze will impact on the piece of clay sculpture being produced. (See also visual art and fine art.)

Types of crafts

• There are hundreds if not thousands of different varieties of handicrafts. The following list of crafts is included merely for illustrative purposes.
• TextilesAppliqué, Crocheting, Embroidery, Felt-making, Knitting, Lace-making, Macramé, Quilting, Tapestry art, Weaving.
• WoodcraftWood-carving, Wood-turning, Cabinet making, Furniture making, lacquerware.

PapercraftPaper Modelling, Collage, Decoupage, Origami paper folding, Papier-mâché.

• PapercraftPaper Modelling, Collage, Decoupage, Origami paper folding, Papier-mâché.
• Pottery and Glass Crafts (see also Ancient Pottery)Ceramics (earthenware, stoneware, porcelain), Mosaic Art, Glass Beadmaking, Glass Blowing, Glass Etching, (see Stained Glass Art Materials/Methods).
• Jewellery Includes metalwork involving processes like embossing, repoussé work, engraving, enamelling (types include champlevé, basse taille, cloisonné, plique-à-jour), granulation and filigree decoration. For more, see: Jewellery: History, Techniques.

Jewellery

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