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 terms 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 designing

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 "paperis 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.