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Handicraft, also known as craftwork or simply craft, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or using only simple tools. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods. The individual artisanship of the items is a paramount criterion, such items often have cultural and/or religious significance. Items made by mass production or machines are not handicrafts. Image File history File links Merge-arrows. ... Small wooden sculpture depicting a Native American mother holding her child. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (533 × 800 pixel, file size: 106 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (533 × 800 pixel, file size: 106 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... For other uses, see Craft (disambiguation). ... An artisan, also called a craftsman,[1] is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ...

Usually, what distinguishes the term handicraft from the frequently used category arts and crafts is a matter of intent: handicraft items are intended to be used, worn, et cetera, having a purpose beyond simple decoration. Handicrafts are generally considered more traditional work, created as a necessary part of daily life, while arts and crafts implies more of a hobby pursuit and a demonstration/perfection of a creative technique. In practical terms, the categories have a great deal of overlap. Small wooden sculpture depicting a Native American mother holding her child. ... A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ...

List of handicraft trades

Handicrafts include:

• assemblage – collage in three dimensions
• beadwork
• bone carving buffalo,camel,elephant bone carving.
• horn carving buffalo,rhino horn carving.
• cabinet making
• chip carving
• collage possibly involving seeds, fabric, paper, photographs and/or found objects
• crochet
• embossed aluminum or silver
• gardening
• knitting
• Lathart
• marquetry
• metalwork
• scale model
• mosaic
• needlework
• pottery and ceramics
• pressed flower craft — uses real flowers and leaves
• puppetry
• quilting - also reference Quilt and Art quilts
• sewing
• shoemaking
• spinning
• stained glass
• wood burning
• wood carving
• woodturning
• woodworking
• List of handicraft manufacturers

Assemblage is an art term used to describe many different art forms, and movements. ... Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another or to cloth using a needle and thread. ... Carving can mean Rock carving Wood carving Stone carving Meat carving Ivory carving Bone carving Ice carving Skiing or snowboarding carving style, defined by a type of S-turn. ... Cabinet making is the practice of utilizing various woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture. ... Chip carving is a form of wood carving. ... For other uses, see Collage (disambiguation). ... Detail of a crocheted doily, Sweden Crochet (IPA: krəʊʃeɪ) is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet hook. ... Embossing is the process of creating a three-dimensional image or design in paper. ... A gardener Gardening is the practice of growing flowering plants, vegetables, and fruits. ... For the record label, see Knitting Factory. ... The image on the cover of this box was made using the technique of marquetry. ... Metalworking is the craft and practice of working with metals to create parts or structures. ... A scale model of the Tower of London. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... Needlework is another term for the handicraft of decorative sewing and textile arts. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... This article is about artwork made out of clay. ... Pressed flower craft consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten and exclude light and moisture. ... A puppeteer is a person who manipulates a puppet or marionette, either by the use of strings, wires or their hands, for a stage production or film. ... Quilter and Quilters redirect here. ... A quilt is a type of puppy with long fluffy ears. ... Distinguishing art quilts from the main category of quilts can be difficult. ... Sewn redirects here. ... Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industrial manufacture of footwear. ... A hand-turned spinning wheel in action Cones of yarn for industrial use Z-twist and S-twist yarns Spinning is the process of creating yarn (or thread, rope, cable) from various raw fiber materials. ... Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ... Wood burning is an art and craft, a particular type of pyrography or pokerwork. ... Carved wooden cranes Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the ornamentation of a wooden object. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. ...

See also

• Artisan
• Arts and crafts
• Rural crafts
• List of acronyms used in arts and crafts