ART APRECIATION: CRAFT ART
Artists may have unique skills
and perceptive abilities, but
they are also people with need
s and the motivation to meet t
hose needs. Creating different
works of art that are accepted
by one’s audience can lead to
WHAT IS CRAFT ART?
Craft art is a type of art that typ
ically refers to the assembly of han
dmade goods. This type of art has be
en around for centuries, and it typi
cally involves making items that are
not only attractive but useful as we
ll. In many instances, crafts are ge
nerally made from raw natural materi
als.
Textile Crafts
•The word textile is from a Latin
phrase texere which means “to br
aid". These also refer to any cra
ft where you work with fabric, ya
rn or surface design. It uses pla
nt or any synthetic fibers in cre
ating practical or decorative obj
ects.
Cross-stitch
•Stitching can als
o be a form of na
tural pain relief
. It is a popular
form of embroider
y in which X-shap
ed stitches in a
tiled, raster-lik
Crochet
•It is a proces
s of creating
fabric from ya
rn, thread, or
other material
strands using
a crochet hook
.
Sewing
•It is the craf
ts of fastenin
g or attaching
objects using
stitches made
with a needle
and thread.
Weaving
•It is a fabric
production met
hod in which y
arns are inter
laced or a lin
e at right an
gles to form a
fabric or clot
Lace
•A delicate fab
ric made of ya
rn or thread i
n an open webl
ike pattern, m
ade by machine
or by hand.
Millinery
•Hat-making or
millinery is t
he design, man
ufacture and s
ale of hats an
d headwear. A
person engaged
in this trade
Wood Crafts
•These refer to a skill that perta
ins to the woods, especially in m
aking woods into something else.
• Woodworking is the activity or s
kill of making items from wood, a
nd includes cabinet making (cabin
etry and furniture), wood carving
, joinery, carpentry, and woodtur
Carpentry
• A skilled trade
and a craft in
which the prima
ry work perform
ed is the cutti
ng, shaping and
installation of
building materi
als during the
Woodturning
• the craft of using
the wood with han
d-held tools to cut
a shape that is sym
metrical around the
axis of rotation. L
ike the potter's wh
eel, the wood is a
simple mechanism wh
ich can generate a
variety of forms.
Wood carving
• It is a form of wood
working to form a wo
oden figure or objec
ts by using a knife
or a chisel.
• with one hand on a c
hisel and one hand o
n a mallet, resultin
g in a wooden figure
or figurine, or in t
he sculptural orname
Cabinetry
• It is a skill in
making a box-shap
ed piece of furni
ture with doors a
nd drawers for ke
eping various obj
ects.
• Some cabinets are
stand alone while
others are built
Upholstery
• It is a skill i
n making a fram
e to seating fu
rniture.
• The word uphols
tery comes from
the Middle Engl
ish word uphold
Metal Crafts
•These refer to the art of executin
g artistic designs in metal for bo
th practical and aesthetic purpose
s. These arts are designed for dec
orative items or functional object
s that are beneficial and useful t
o us all. These works are of bronz
e, silver, gold, tin, copper, lead
Jewelry
• It is a form of
personal adornm
ents, such as r
ings, necklaces
, earrings, and
bracelets.
• Some of jewelry
use precious st
Metal Casting
• It is a process
by which a liqu
id material (br
onze, copper, g
lass, aluminum,
and iron) is po
ured into a mol
d, which contai
ns a hollow cav
Welding
• a fabrication
process that jo
ins materials,
usually metals
or thermoplasti
cs, by using hi
gh heat to melt
the parts toget
her and allowin
Paper or Canvas Crafts.
•A collection of crafts using paper
or card as the primary artistic me
dium for the creation of two or th
ree-dimensional objects. Paper and
card stock lend themselves to a wi
de range of techniques and can be
folded, curved, bent, cut, glued,
molded, stitched, or layered.
Book Binding
• the process of
physically assemb
ling a book of co
dex format from a
n ordered stack o
f paper sheets th
at are folded tog
ether into sectio
ns or sometimes l
eft as a stack of
Collage
• a technique of
art creation by
which art resul
ts from an asse
mblage of diffe
rent forms, thu
s creating a ne
w whole.
Origami
• The art of paper
folding, which is
often associated
with Japanese cul
ture. In modern u
sage, the word "o
rigami" is used a
s an inclusive te
rm for all foldin
g practices, rega
Paper-Mache
• It is a compos
ite material co
nsisting of pap
er pieces or pu
lp, sometimes r
einforced with
textiles, bound
with an adhesiv
Plants Crafts
•These refer to skills usi
ng plant parts as the med
ium of creating an artist
ic materials
Corn dolly making
• It commonly rel
ates to the makin
g of shapes and f
igures (known as
‘dollies’) from
straw (such as co
rn, barley, oats,
and wheat)but it
floral arrangement
• Floral design or
flower arrangement
is the art of using
plant materials and
flowers to create a
n eye-catching and
balanced compositio
n or display. Evide
nce of refined flor
Pressed flower craft
• Pressed flower a
rt consists of dry
ing flower petals
and leaves in a fl
ower press to flat
ten and exclude li
ght and moisture.
It has long been p
racticed as an art
Motivated Functions of Art
• Art for Acting: Art may pursue to bring about a certain e
motion, to relax or to entertain the viewer.
• Art for healing: Art is utilized by art therapists, psycho
therapists, and clinical psychologists as art therapy. The
end product is a method of curing, through creative acts.
• Art for political change: One of the essential functions o
f the art of the early twentieth century has been to use v
isual images to bring about legislative modification.
• Art for propaganda: Art is utilized to influence popular i
deas or moods delicately.
• Art for communication: Art has a goal, directed toward an
other individual. For example, graphic is a form of art fo