Handycrafts

• Craft Design- also known handicraft it involves creation of unique handmade objects, using traditional techniques and skills.
• Core concepts- Fashion Accessories, paper crafts, Recycling
• Design and creativity- allows individual to express their creativity and design unique pieces.
• Materials and techniques- understand different materials such fabric, beads, metals and leather and learning various techniques.
• Functionality and aesthetics- not only be visually appealing but serve as practical purpose.
• Sustainability- using recycled materials minimizing waste.
• 4 Fashion Accessories- Design and creativity, materials and techniques, functionality and aesthetics, sustainability
• Origami and paper folding- art of paper folding using simple folds.
• Paper cutting nad quilling- patterns cut out of paper while quilling uses rolled and shapes strips of paper.
• Personalized greetign cards- different paper techniques.
• Paper sculpture and paper mache- 3-D dimensional object using paper. A layered paper with adhesive.
• 3 paper Crafts- origami and paper folding, paper cutting and quilling, personalized greeting cards, paper sculpture and paper mache.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- reduce consumption, reusing items and recycling materials.
• Sorting and collection- paper, plastic, glass and metal ensuring collected separately.
• Processing and repurposing- go through processing facilities transformed into new product.
• environmental impact- mitigate negative environmental impacts of waste disposal.
• 4 recycling- reduce, reuse, recycle...Sorting and collection, Processing and repurposing, environmental impact.
• Art- use imaginative skills
• Crafts- creation of handicrafts items
• Handmade- using simple tools.
• Artisan- people who create arts.
• 3 inter-dependent disciplines- Design (Plan), Art (Expression), Craft (product)
• 3H- Head, Heart and Hand.
• Decorative Art- ornamental and functional works in ceramic, glass or metal.
• Applied Art- architecture.
• Types of Crafts- Textile, Paper, Decorative, Fashion, Function
• Textile- craft work with fabric, yarn, or surface design.
• Examples of textile- knitting, quilting, applique, weaving and dyeing.
• Art of Boro- a form of decorative repair that involves combining textile from different sources.
•  Sashiko-Japanese decorative stitching
• Batik- creating of dye pattern on fabric by applying molten wax.
• Tjanting- to form a resist, dyeing the fabric and removing the wax with solvents.
• embroidery- embellishment of fabric, leather, paper or other materials by sewing of design worked in thread with a needle.
• Knitting- craft of forming a fabric by interlocking of yarn.
• Lacemaking- involves the production of ornamental openwork of threads that have been twisted, looped and intertwined to form patterns. Fine and intricate hand stitching.
• Paper crafts- have to do with paper.
• Scrapbooking- art of saving memories in hard copy.
• Card-making- handmade greeting cards have become a craft industry.
• paper flowers- flower made from paper are beautiful.
• Decoupage- become quiet popular in 17th century.