Handicraft:
According to Cambridge dictionary :
a skilled activity in which something is made in a traditional way with the hands rather than being produced by machines in a factory, or an object made by such an activity.
Handicraft is about processing materials by hand with hand tools, which leads to making of making decorative things.. The models of the product are ancient, revised traditional or fashionable. Handicraft is influenced by region and tradition followed by the people.. Craftspeople, conjointly known as artisans, possess technical data of materials and work ways. They’re skilled employees whose profession relies on manual skills.
With their skills craftsmen transfer the material into decorative thing. Styles of the handicraft keep changing, with time. Most of the handicrafts are influenced by the nature and environment.
There are hundreds of types of handicrafts. In those the major ones are listed below
Textiles
Needlework, Appliqué, Crocheting, Embroidery, Felt-making, Knitting, Lace-making, Macramé, Quilting, Tapes Textiles
Woodcraft
Wood-carving, Wood-turning, Cabinet making, Furniture making, lacquerware.
Papercraft
Paper Modelling, Collage, Decoupage, Origami paper folding, Papier-mâché.
Pottery and Glass Crafts
Ceramics (earthenware, stoneware, porcelain), Mosaic Art, Glass Beadmaking, Glass Blowing, Glass Etching.
Jewelry
Includes metalwork involving processes like embossing, repoussé work, engraving, enameling, granulation and filigree decoration.
Other Examples of Craftwork
Basket weaving, Beer-making, Book-binding, Doll-making, Enameling, Floral Design, Ikebana, Jewellery-making, Knife-making (cutler), Leatherwork, Metalwork, Model-making, Tattoo Designing, Toy-making. Weaving.
