Arts & crafts is a term used in Do It Yourself Culture and many other contexts to describe a number of hobbies and activities, and all such hobbies & activities have one thing in common - these hobbies & activities are to be done by one with his/ her own skills using his/ her own hands and with minimum of tools. Most of the tools used are also traditional though now-a-days, modern versions of these tools are also available. Sometimes, a distinction is made in the Arts & Crafts: the most traditional ones are called Handicrafts which people have been doing for centuries as hobbies, but mostly as economic activities; and in recent times, certain modern Arts & Crafts have come into vogue.
Types[]
Textile Crafts[]
- Banner-making
- Canvas work
- Cross-stitch
- Crocheting
- Curve stitching
- Embroidery
- Knitting
- Lace-making
- Lucet
- Macrame
- Millinery
- Needlepoint
- Patchwork
- Quilting
- Ribbon embroidery
- Rug making
- Sewing
- Shoemaking
- Spinning (textiles)
- Spirelli (also see Scrapbooking)
- String art
- Tapestry
- Tatting
- Weaving
- T-shirt art
Wood, Metal or Clay Crafts[]
- Metalworking
- Jewelry
- Pottery
- Sculpture
- Woodworking
- Cabinet making
- Chip carving
- Marquetry
- Wood burning
- Wood turning
- Bamboo craft
Paper or Canvas Crafts[]
- Bookbinding
- Calligraphy
- Cardmaking
- Collage
- Decoupage
- Iris Folding
- Marbling
- Origami
- Papier-mâché
- Pergamano - parchment craft
- Quilling or Paper Filigree
- Scrapbooking
- Stamping
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Other crafts[]
- Balloon animal
- Beadwork
- Doll making
- Dollhouse construction and furnishing
- Egg decorating
- Etching
- Lapidary
- Mosaics
- Pioneering
- Stained glass
- Toy making