For most of us, hunting is not about sustenance anymore, it's about sport. There is something gratifying about using a handmade bow, somehow it transcends time and puts us in touch with that wise, old, first bowyer. The feeling of a successful hunt with a handmade bow is similar to having worked hard on a successful project. There is something about putting time and energy into a pursuit that makes it more rewarding, and more satisfying, than things that come easy. Arts and crafts have long been a part of each other.
Art is a complex word.
Its meanings are plentiful. Art can be a delicious Rembrandt-ian still life, or the way someone behaves on a stage. Art certainly does not need crafts to exist. Craft is a complex word, too. There are aircraft, watercraft, and crafty people.