Outline of crafts

Outline of crafts
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to crafts:
Craft – skill, involving in many cases but not always, practical arts. It may refer to a trade or particular art. Crafts as artistic practices are defined either by their relationship to functional or utilitarian products, such as sculptural forms in the vessel tradition, or by their use of such natural media as wood, clay, glass, textiles, and metal.
What are 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.
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 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
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
Letter carving on stone
Mosaics and inlaying
Stone carving
Stonemasonry
Metal crafts
Blacksmithing
Casting
Clockmaking
Cloisonné
Coppersmith
Enamelling
Farrier
Jewellery
Goldsmith
Lapidary
Knife making
Locksmithing
Metalworking - metalsmith
Pewter
metal wire art
Silversmith
Tinware - tinsmith
Watchmaking
Weaponsmith - sword making, armorer, gunsmith, fletching
General crafts concepts
American craft
Artisan
Arts and crafts
Handicraft
Master craftsman
Sloyd
Studio craft
Studio pottery
See also
Rural crafts
Stagecraft
References
External links
American Craft Council
Museum of Arts and Design
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