HANDICRAFTS

This are activities such as embroidery, pottery, wood crafts and paper making.

• Handicrafts

• Crafts

• Arts

• Designs

Handicraft is very important because represents our culture and tradition. It promotes the heritage of a country through the use of indigenous materials and it preserves traditional knowledge and talents.

• Purpose

• Goal

• Importance

• Objectives

Handicrafts are a substantial medium to preserve of rich traditional art, heritage and culture, traditional skills and talents which are associated with people’s lifestyle and history.

• Importance in Culture.

• Importance in Society.

• Importance in Economy

• Importance in Education.

Which of the following answer is not a type of crafts?

• Paper craft

• Embossing

• Pottery

• Jewellery

It is a process of creating a textile using a hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials.

• Weaving

• Embroidery

• Crochet

• Felt making

It is the act of decorating wood by hand using a sharp tool to cut out areas of the materials.

• Cabinet making

• Wood turning

• Wood craft

• Wood carving

It is the art of paper-folding. Its name derives from Japanese words ori (“folding”) and kami (“paper”).

• Paper mache

• Collage

• Origami

• Paper modelling

It is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections called signatures or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets.

• Book compiling

• Book binding

• Book assembling

• Book pressing

It is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

• Enameling

• Engraving

• Repousse work

• Enbossing

It is the decorative art of creating pictures and patterns on a surface by setting small coloured pieces of glass, marble or other materials in a bed of cement, plaster or adhesive.

• Mosaic art

• Ceramics

• Paper art

• Paint art