Handicraft has its roots in the rural crafts-the material-goods necessities-of ancient civilizations, and many specific crafts have been practiced for centuries, while others are modern inventions or popularizations of crafts which were originally practiced in a limited geographic area.

The term arts and crafts is also applied, especially in the United States and mostly to hobbyists' and children's output rather than items crafted for daily use, but this distinction is not formal, and the term is easily confused with the Arts and Crafts design movement, which is in fact as practical as it is aesthetic. Ĭollective terms for handicrafts include artisanry, crafting, and handcrafting. Handicraft industries are those that produce things with hands to meet the needs of the people in their locality without using machines. Usually, the term is applied to traditional techniques of creating items (whether for personal use or as products) that are both practical and aesthetic. In Iranian Baluchistan, women still make red ware hand-made pottery with dotted ornaments, much similar to the 5000-year-old pottery tradition of Kalpurgan, an archaeological site near the village. One of the oldest handicraft is Dhokra this is a sort of metal casting that has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used. It is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers,clay etc.

A handicraft Selling-Factory shop, Isfahan- IranĪ handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated related tools like scissors, carving implements, or hooks.

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