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[[Image:India StreetCraft.jpg|thumb|right|Street craft]]
A '''craft''' is a [[skill]], especially involving practical [[The Arts|arts]]. It may refer to a [[trade]] or particular art.
The terms 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 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]].
A '''craft fair''' is an organized event to display crafts by a number of exhibitors.
[[Folk art]] follows craft traditions, in contrast to [[fine art]] or "high art".
Both [[Freemasonry]] and [[Wicca]] are known as 'The Craft' by their adherents.
== See also ==
*[[List of basic craft topics]]
*[[Arts and crafts]]
*[[Artisan]] (craftsman)
*[[Decorative art]]
*[[Handicraft]]
*[[Studio Craft]]
*[[American craft]]
*[[Master craftsman]]
*[[Musicians]]
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*[[Stagecraft]]
*[[Studio pottery]]
*[[Wagae-nuri]] Japanese lacquerware
*[[Witchcraft]]
*[[List of acronyms used in arts and crafts]]
==External links==
*[http://www.craftcouncil.org/ American Craft Council]
*[http://www.canadiancraftsfederation.ca/ Canadian Crafts Federation]
*[http://www.madmuseum.org/ Museum of Arts and Design]
*[http://www.craftform.com/ Craftform]
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