HANDICRAFT

Handicraft
 A1. 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
2.artisanry,3. handicrafting,4. crafting, and
5.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
 6. 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
 7.Lace is a delicate

fabric made of yarn

or thread in an open
weblike pattern,
made by machine
or by hand.
Leather crafting
 8. 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
 9.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
 10.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 11."folding",
and kami meaning
12."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
 13.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 14.Ganapati and15. Vinayaka, is one of the
best-known 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.