Types of Craft

Meaning of Crafts

Crafts are manually-produced objects meant to serve a particular purpose of human needs. They can also be called handicraft. This is so because the use of skilled hands is involved. They are usually produced with local materials. The person who makes craft is known a craftsman.

Types of Crafts

The following are the types of crafts:

Fabric Crafts

Fabric crafts are crafts done with fabric material. It is also known as textile production. Methods of production could be by printing, weaving, tie & dyeing, batik and embroidery. Materials involved include fabric, loom, dye, textile ink, sewing machine, wax, etc. Examples include

Woven clothes (Aso-oke),

Tie-dye design,

Textile prints (Nigerian wax),

Fashion design,

Appliqué,

Embroidery,

Batik

Fabric crafts are common in Iseyin, Abeokuta, Kano, Osogbo, Akwete, Adinkra and Kente in Ghana.

Paper Crafts

This is the shaping or building prototype of different geometric or basic shapes and sizes to form cuboids, pyramids, abstract sculptural figures etc. Some of these crafts involve the use of pulp mixed with starch.

Materials involve include scissors, ruler, pencil, water, starch and rope.

Examples of paper crafts are:

Paper folding

Making kite

Papier-mâché

EVALUATION

Define craft.

Name 2 types of craft.

List five examples of fabric crafts.

Mention three examples of paper crafts.

Carving Crafts

Carving is the process of cutting away parts of a media to achieve a particular form. Carving

craft

are done on wood, ivory thorns, stones and calabash, while some are used for decoration, and others serve as functional materials for human utility. Carving tools and materials include chisel, cutter, adze, sandpaper, wood, ivory, thorns, stones and calabash.

These crafts are notable in places like Oyo, Benin and Esie in Kwara State.

Examples of carving crafts include:

Wood carving

Calabash carving

Thorn carving

Ivory carving

Stone carving

Woven Crafts

Woven crafts are artworks done through weaving process. Weaving is the interlacing of yarn, raffia and cane to make useful and functional materials.

Examples include

macramé

cloth weaving

basket weaving

mat weaving

cane weaving.

Woven crafts are highly appreciated in the society.

Molded Crafts

Molded crafts are the art of building objects with materials like clay, plasticine, papier-mâché.

Example include

Ceramic wares

Uses of Craft

For beautification

For utility purposes.

For promoting culture and tradition.

For income generation.

EVALUATION

What is carving?

List 2 materials used in carving craft

Mention 4 types of craft.

Give 3 examples of fabric

State 4 uses of craft