Arts and crafts

work which involves artistic design (handicrafts, woodworking, sewing, etc.)

For the design movement, see Arts and Crafts movement, for the record label, see Arts & Crafts (record label). For other uses, see Arts & Crafts Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" (doing things the old way) and "the rest". Some crafts have been practised for centuries, while others are modern inventions, or popularisations of crafts which were originally practised in a very small geographic area.
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Arts & Crafts may refer to:Arts & Crafts (record label), an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Arts and Crafts movement, a British and American aesthetic movementArts and crafts, activities related to making things with one's own hands and skill
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The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork, it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910.
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Noun
1. the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production"
(hypernym) art, artistic creation, artistic production
(hyponym) handicraft

1888 Great Britain - aesthetic movement in reaction against the mediocrity of industrial productions - close to the pre raphaelite brotherhood - influenced the art nouveau movement

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A design movement that began in the late 1800s as a rebellion against the mass-produced, machine made designs of questionable aesthetic value common in the late Victorian era. The designers felt that their work should look handmade, and therefore they often left hammer marks on the piece. Although pieces were made of gold, silver was more commonly used to emphasize the craftmanship of the piece rather than the intrinsic value of the components. Stones were commonly less expensive cabochon stones such as moonstone, mother or pearl, agates or amber. Enamel work was also used.