Arts & crafts

Arts & crafts

Arts & crafts comprises a multitude of activities and hobbies that involve making things with one's hands, usually from scratch. They can be sub-divided into 'handicrafts'( or traditional crafts ) that are fashioned in an old style using long practised techniques, and the rest which are more modern inventions that have become recent trends or fads.

11Categories 14683Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Arts & crafts

Become a Contributors

Arts & crafts > Fine art

original painting

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A one-of-a-kind image created by an artist that often sell for several thousands of dollars.

original lithographic print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Not a reproduction; each is an original and unique work of art. The artist makes separate drawings, one for each color to be printed, directly on the working surface (commonly ...

open edition print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A reproduction of an original work of art that is sometimes signed by the artist. The number of prints published is not predetermined.

oil

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Paint made of pigment mixed with oil usually linseed. The oil serves to keep the paint fluid for a period of time and then as a drying and hardening agent.

offset lithographic print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

(or offset photomechanical reproduction). The original image or a photograph of the image is scanned into a computer to produce color separations, one for each color used in the ...

naive art

Arts & crafts; Fine art

art created by untrained artists. It is characterized by simplicity and a lack of the elements or qualities found in the art of formally trained artists.