Craft
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| - | {{Template}}A '''craft''' is a [[skill]], especially involving practical [[The Arts|arts]]. It may refer to a [[trade]] or particular art. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | A '''craft''' is a [[skill]], especially involving practical [[The Arts|arts]]. It may refer to a [[trade]] or particular art. | ||
| The term is often used as part of a longer word (and also in the plural). For example, a '''craft-brother''' is a fellow worker in a particular trade and a '''craft-guild''' is, historically, a [[guild]] of workers in the same trade. See some further examples below. | The term is often used as part of a longer word (and also in the plural). For example, a '''craft-brother''' is a fellow worker in a particular trade and a '''craft-guild''' is, historically, a [[guild]] of workers in the same trade. See some further examples below. | ||
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| - | The term is often used to describe the family of artistic practices within the '''[[decorative art]]s''' that traditionally are defined by their relationship to functional or utilitarian products (such as [[sculptural]] forms in the vessel tradition) or by their use of such natural media as [[wood]], [[clay]], [[glass]], [[textiles]], and [[metal]]. Crafts practiced by independent artists working alone or in small groups are often referred to as '''[[studio craft]]'''. Studio craft includes [[studio pottery]], [[metal work]], [[weaving]], [[wood turning]] and other forms of [[wood working]], [[glass blowing]], and [[glass art]]. | ||
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| - | A '''craft fair''' is an organized event to display crafts by a number of exhibitors. | ||
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| - | [[Folk art]] follows craft traditions, in contrast to [[fine art]] or "high art". | ||
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| - | Both [[Freemasonry]] and [[Wicca]] are alternatively know as 'The Craft' by their adherents. | ||
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A craft is a skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a trade or particular art.
The term is often used as part of a longer word (and also in the plural). For example, a craft-brother is a fellow worker in a particular trade and a craft-guild is, historically, a guild of workers in the same trade. See some further examples below.
See also
See also
- Apprentice
- Apprenticeship
- Artisan
- Arts and crafts
- Arts and Crafts Movement
- Decorative art
- Guild
- Journeyman
- Master craftsman
- Otium
- Profession
- Semiprofession
- Vocation
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