Arts and Crafts | الفنون والحرف اليدوية

It's fun to create something from nothing," Hoffman said. Arts and crafts -  is no longer just for summer camp (or for kids)- and is growing in popularity day by day. It's paying off for the retailers and is capable of keeping up with creative desires, though some of that has stuck to a single niche have struggled. Sales of colouring and art supplies grew about 7 % in 2015 and now make up a $1.14 billion market share, according to market research firm . "The DIY (do it yourself) movement took off during the phase of recession, and as the economy recovered, people just continued with their crafting habits. Online handmade goods marketplace reported a 19.4 % year-over-year increase in active sellers in the third quarter of 2015, for a total of 1.5 million worldwide, along with a 25 percent increase in active buyers. According to a 2014 survey of U.S. Etsy sellers, 76 % considered their shop on the website business, and 30 % considered it their primary occupatio...

Art and crafts  education is important to our culture and society as a whole,and the reasons behind that are meaningful and complex. Art and design as a subject are not taken seriously as an entitlement for children and young people in formal education. Images of small children engaged in primary colours and young people meaningfully engaged in front of a well-known painting spring to mind. These assumed images are now under threat, and in a lot of schools and settings the paints, kilns and cameras are now actively abandoned. What is happening to our subject, our teachers and our creativity, culture and economic success is the issue this article will explain. Opening doors of opportunity Within the formal education system, the subject supports social, moral, personal, cultural and creative development, and help the participants to explore visual, and other sensory experiences and how to recognize and communicate ideas and meanings. These opportunities help them to work...

Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power. In their most general form, these activities include the production of works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the aesthetic dissemination of art. The three classical branches of art are painting, sculpture and architecture. Music, theatre, film, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or appli...