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HANDICRAFT

Handicraft  A handicraft, sometimes more as artisanal handicraft

or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools.  It is a traditional main sector of craft, and applies to a

wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, etc.

Handicraft Collective for handicrafts include artisanry,

handicrafting, crafting, and handicraftsmanship. Many handicrafters use natural, even entirely indigenous, materials while others may prefer modern, non-traditional materials, and even upcycle industrial materials. Handicrafts are often integrated into educational systems, both informally and formally. Most crafts require the development of skill and the application of patience, but can be learned by virtually anyone.

List of common handicrafts There are almost as many variations on the theme of handicrafts as there are crafters with time on their hands, but they can be broken down into a number of categories: Using textiles or leather Using wood, metal, clay, bone, horn, glass, or stone Using paper or canvas Using plants other than wood Others

Using textiles or leather Banner-making Cross-stitch Lace Leather crafting Hat making Shoemaking

Using wood, metal, clay, bone, horn, glass, or stone Ceramic art Doll Etching Mosaic Sculpture

Using paper or canvas Collage Paper

embossing Origami Quilling Paper craft

Using plants other than wood Basket weaving Corn dolly Pressed flower craft

Others Balloon modelling Cake decorating Egg decorating

Banner-making

 Banner-making is the ancient art craft

of sewing banners. Techniques used include applique, embroidery, fabric painting, patchwork and others.

Cross-stitch  Cross-stitch is a

popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture.

Lace  Lace is a delicate fabric made of

yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand.

Leather crafting

 Leather crafting or simply Leathercraft is

the practice of making leather into craft objects or works of art, using shaping techniques, coloring techniques or both.

Hat making

 Hatmaking is the manufacture of hats

and head-wear. Millinery is the deg and manufacture of hats. A millinery shop is a store that sells those goods.

Shoemaking

 Shoemaking is the process of

making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand.

Ceramic art

 Ceramic art is art made from ceramic

materials (including clay), which may take forms including art ware, tile, figurines, sculpture, and tableware. Ceramic art is one of the arts, particularly one of the visual arts, and of those, it is one of the plastic arts.

Doll

 A doll is a model of a human being, often

used as a toy for children. Dolls have traditionally been used in magic and religious rituals throughout the world.

Etching

 Etching is traditionally the process of

using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal.

Mosaic

 Mosaic is the art of creating images with

an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is a technique of decorative art or interior decoration

Sculpture

 Sculpture is the branch of the visual

arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving and modelling in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials

Collage

 Collage is a technique of an art

production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

Paper embossing

 Embossing and debossing are the

processes of creating either raised or recessed relief images and designs in paper and other materials.

Origami

 Origami from ori meaning "folding", and

kami meaning "paper“is the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture

Quilling

 Quilling or paper filigree is an art form

that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs

Paper craft

 Paper craft is the collection of art

forms employing paper or card as the primary artistic medium for the creation of three-dimensional objects.

Basket weaving

 Basket weaving is the process of

weaving or sewing pliable materials into two- or threedimensional artefacts, such as mats or containers.

Corn dolly

 Corn dollies or corn mothers are

a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanization.

Pressed flower craft

 Pressed flower craft consists of drying

flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten and exclude light and moisture.

Balloon modelling

 Balloon modelling or balloon

twisting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into almost any given shape, often a balloon animal.

Cake decorating

 Cake decorating is one of the sugar

arts that uses icing or frosting and other edible decorative elements to make plain cakes more visually interesting.

Egg decorating

 Egg decorating is the art or craft of

decorating eggs. It is quite a popular art/craft form because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg.

Most Famous Handicrafts in the World

Ganesha Statue God of wisdom, knowledge and new beginnings Ganesha also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, is one of the bestknown and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon His image is found throughout India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Sandalwood – the Unique Possession of Karnataka This fragrant soft wood is incorporated some of the most charming items. Highly skilled workers are employed to make articles like lamp shades, trays, jewel boxes, decorative articles, combs and even walking sticks with rosewood handles.

Mysore Painting The paintings of Mysore are categorized by the soft lines, the smooth and elegant drawing of figures the sagacious use of bright vegetable colors and lustrous gold leaf.