Outline of crafts

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to crafts:

A craft is a work of physical expression drawn from imagination or existing culture, largely by using hands. A craft is typically birthed by creativity and intentional design, through the application of skill(s)/ techniques and can extend across a wide range of areas from dance, embroidery to photography. Good 'craftsmanship' is marked by dexterity and experience.

What type of thing are crafts?

Crafts as a whole can be described as all of the following:

One of the arts – as an art form, crafts are an outlet of human expression, usually influenced by culture and which in turn help to change culture. Crafts are a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse and typically involves the use of hands to create the artform. One of the visual arts – visual arts is a class of art forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and others, that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature.

Types of crafts

Ceramics and glass crafts Ceramics and ceramic arts include:

Azulejo Cameo glass Earthenware Glass and glass art Bubblegram Glass beadmaking Glass etching Glassblowing Glassmaking Stained glass and lead came and copper foil glasswork Glassware Mosaic Porcelain Bone china Pottery Stoneware

Fibre and textile crafts See also Needlework below

Bobbin lace Felting Knotting Chinese knotting Macramé Rope-making Rug hooking Rug making Spinning Stitch Tatting Weaving

Flower crafts Bouquet Floral Design Ikebana

Leatherwork Boiled leather making Leather carving Leather crafting (including dyeing, painting, and stamping)

Houseware Basket weaving (also called basketry, basket making) Cooper

Fashion Cloth Dyeing and Printing Batik Jewelry Beadwork

Needlework Applique Crochet Embroidery Canvas work Bargello Berlin wool work Needlepoint Counted-thread Blackwork Cross-stitch Whitework Filet lace Surface embroidery Brazilian embroidery Candlewicking Couching Crewel embroidery Goldwork Ribbon embroidery Sashiko Stumpwork Knitting Nålebinding Needlelace Patchwork Quilting Broderie perse English paper piecing Trapunto Sewing Spool knitting

Paper crafts Paper crafts include:

Bookbinding Calligraphy Cast paper Decoupage Iris folding Origami Paper embossing Paper marbling Paper model Papercutting Papermaking Papier-mâche Parchment craft Quilling Scrapbooking Paper burning art

Wood and furniture crafts Cabinet making Carpentry Intarsia Lacquer art Marquetry Spoon carving Timber framing Upholstery Wood burning Wood carving Woodturning Woodworking Green woodworking

Stone crafts Flintknapping Mosaics and inlaying Stone carving Stonemasonry

Metal crafts Blacksmithing Casting Clockmaking Cloisonné Coppersmith Enamelling Farrier Jewellery Goldsmith Lapidary Knife making Locksmithing Metalworking - metalsmith Whitesmith metal wire art Silversmith Tinware - tinsmith Watchmaking Weaponsmith - sword making, armorer, gunsmith, fletching

Printing Screen Printing lithography Block Printing transfer Printing Flexography

General crafts concepts American craft Artisan Arts and Crafts Handicraft Master craftsman Sloyd Studio craft Studio pottery

Outline of crafts

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