Artesanato de Olinda - Alto da Sé, Cidade Alta, Olinda, Pernambuco, Brasil. Picture: Nellyann Carneiro de Assis
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.
Most crafts require a combination of skill, speed, and patience, but they can also be learnt on a more basic level by virtually anyone.
Arts and crafts also refers to the Arts and Crafts movement, a late 19th century design reform and social movement.
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