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handicraft: see arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. ..... Click the link for more information. . handicraft 1. a particular skill or art performed with the hands, such as weaving, pottery, etc. 2. the work produced by such a skill or art How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Failure to assimilate the basic tenets of folk craft practices results in tasteless pastiche of the external appearance of objects and buildings or hideous travesties in tortured materials as exemplified in much handmade furniture and ceramics or so-called traditional buildings to which 'period' detail is tacked as an afterthought. |
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