ART
CRAFT
HOBBY
RECREATION
INDEX



HANDMADE, BOARD-GAMES, FUN, BOAT, SAILING,
GUILDS, SKILLS, AQUA, COINS, SPORTS, PARKS,
CREATIVE, CAMP, WINE, BUILD, CAMERA, CARDS,
DOLL, RESTORATION, FISHING, WEAVE, WICKER,
POTTERY, LEATHER, MACRAME, STAMP, CANDLE,
PAINTING, SCULPTING, CASTING, PAPIER-MACHE,
BATIK, STAINED-GLASS, STRING-ART, ORIGAMI,ART,
MOLDMAKING, DRAWING, STENCILS, BOOKBINDING,
CHALLENGE, RELAX, LEISURE, CARVERS,PUZZLES,
PARACHUTE, RUSTIC, OUTDOORS, FURNITURE, DYE,
PRINTMAKING, SPINNING, CHESS, JEWELRY, QUILT,
FABRIC, MOSAICS ALONG WITH FUN PROJECTS.



ARTS CRAFTS

HANDICRAFTS

RURAL CRAFTS

TYPES OF ARTS CRAFTS





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ARTS
CRAFTS



Arts and crafts comprise a whole host
of activities and hobbies that are
related to making things with one's
own hands and skill.

These can be sub-divided into:
handicrafts
or
"traditional crafts"
(doing things the old way)

and

"the rest".

Some crafts have been practised for
centuries, while others are modern
inventions, or popularisations of
crafts which were originally
practised in a very small geographic
area.


WIKIPEDIA
THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_crafts/



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HANDICRAFT



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.

Usually, what distinguishes the term handicraft
from frequently used category arts and crafts
is a matter of intent: handicrafted items are
intended to be used, worn, et cetera, having a
purpose beyond simple decoration.



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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

marquetry

metalwork

modeling

mosaic

needlework

pottery and ceramics

pressed flower craft
uses real flowers and leaves

puppetry

quilting
Quilt and Art quilts

sewing

shoemaking

spinning

stained glass

wood burning

wood carving

woodturning

woodworking


WIKIPEDIA
THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicraft/



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RURAL
CRAFTS



Rural crafts refers to the traditional crafts
production that is carried on, simply for
everyday practical use, in the agricultural
countryside.

Once widespread and commonplace, the survival
of some rural crafts is now in doubt.

Not being generally produced for sale, they do
not fall under the description of handicraft.
Not being produced as a hobby, they do not
qualify as arts and crafts.

Not (until very recently) being produced by a
dedicated full-time worker, but rather being
part of a general repertoire of skills, they
have not been produced for sale by an artisan
class of makers.

The exceptions to the latter would be:
wheelwrights,
saddle-makers,
blacksmiths.



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EXAMPLES
OF
RURAL
CRAFTS



Basket making
(for carrying)

Basket trap making
(for catching animals)

Hurdle making

Hay crib making

Spinning yarn

Hedge laying

Charcoal burning

Dry stone walling

Cob walling

Thatching

Pond making

Coracle making

Boundary marker making
(stone cairns)


WIKIPEDIA
THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_crafts/



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TYPES
OF
ARTS
CRAFTS



There are almost as many variations on
the theme of "arts and crafts" as there
are crafters with time on their hands,
but they can be broken down into a number
of categories:



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CRAFTS
INVOLVING
TEXTILES



Banner-making

Canvas work

Cross-stitch

Crocheting

Curve stitching

Embroidery

Knitting

Lace-making

Lucet

Macrame

Millinery

Needlepoint

Patchwork

Quilting

Ribbon embroidery

Rug making

Sewing

Shoemaking

Spinning (textiles)

Spirelli
(Scrapbooking)

String art

Tapestry

Tatting

Weaving

T-shirt art



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CRAFTS
INVOLVING
WOOD
METAL
OR
CLAY



Metalworking

Jewelry

Pottery

Sculpture

Woodworking

Cabinet making

Chip carving

Marquetry

Wood burning

Wood turning

Polymer clay



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CRAFTS
INVOLVING
PAPER
OR
CANVAS



Bookbinding

Calligraphy

Cardmaking

Card Modelling

Collage

Decoupage

Iris Folding

Marbling

Origami

Papercraft

Papier-mâché

Pergamano - parchment craft

Quilling or Paper Filigree

Scrapbooking

Stamping



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CRAFTS
INVOLVING
PLANTS



Basket weaving

Corn dolly making

Pressed flower craft

Straw Marquetry



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OTHER
CRAFTS



Balloon animal

Beadwork

Doll making

Dollhouse construction and furnishing

Egg decorating

Etching

Glassblowing

Lapidary

Mosaics

Pioneering

Stained glass

Toy making



ART
CRAFT
HOBBY
RECREATION
INDEX



ANCIENT ARTS CRAFTS TECHNOLOGY

ARTS CRAFTS-MOVEMENT

ARTS CRAFT SEARCH

ALL GAMES

GRANTS

LIFE SKILL

LIVESTOCK

LIVING MUSEUM

LIST LIVING MUSEUM

LIVINGWALLS

MICROENTERPRISE

MULTICULTURAL

QUILTS

QUILTS OF GEES BEND

SCHOLARSHIPS



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