DIY Simple Crafts

Simple Crafts is a work of art in the form of objects with various shapes and colors that they like. The craft comes from the word "diligent" which means objects or goods produced by a person's hand skills.

Simple Crafts produced by human hands are made of various types of materials, such as from clay materials, materials of wax, wood, and so forth.

From the craft can produce a work of art in the form of ornaments or art objects to be a worthy item such as jugs, etc.

In making a craft of any kind, it takes the values that must be possessed by a craftsman such as having the value of expertise, proficiency, mastery in the process of making crafts products, and imagination or creativity.

Handicraft consists of 2 types:

A. Natural Material Crafts

Natural Material Crafts is crafts made from natural or basic material from natural materials such as: bamboo, natural fiber, rattan, clay, and others.

B. Artificial Crafts

Artificial handicraft is handicraft made from man made materials such as: candle, soap, plastic, casts, and others.

But the handicrafts made by humans with different machines, crafts made by humans using the hand, if the craft made by the factory there are using the hand there are also mostly using the machine.

Here are the various crafts and explanations:

1. Crafts from Clay

Crafts from clay that is often known by many people is called by ceramic craft. Ceramic handicraft is a work that uses clay raw materials as the main ingredient.

In the manufacture of ceramic handicrafts there are such processes in such a way that among them are dipijit, twisted, butsir, burning and glaze. So by going through the process produce a goods / objects wear and decorative objects.

Examples of crafts from clay or ceramic crafts:

    Pottery
    Flower vase
    Jars
    Plate
    Glass, etc.

2. Natural Fiber Crafts

Various types of crafts produced from natural fiber materials are also abundant and diverse. Examples are wallet, tasm place lamps, table mats, hats, and others. Mostly in the manufacture of handicrafts from these natural fibers using woven techniques.

3. Leather Crafts

Leather handicraft is one of handicraft whose basic material uses ripe or ripe leather, raw leather or synthetic leather.

The work of the craft of this leather one of them is a bag, wallet, jacket, shoes, puppets, and so forth.

Usually this leather craft, the basic material derived from animal skins such as cowhide, goat skin, buffalo skin, crocodile skin, and other animal skins are very good for craft.

4. Soap Crafts

Soap craft is one of handicraft using artificial soft material. The basic ingredients of soap crafts are usually from bar soap that is common for bathing in the general public.

In soap processing there are two ways:

First, to carve soap into various shapes as you wish like carving: fruits, animals, unique dead objects, and so forth.

Second, that is forming soap with soap to soak the powder then mixed with sago and a little water. After that make a new dough like make from the form of plastisin.

5. Candle Crafts

Candle craft is one of the craft that is quite easy and simple to be done by everyone. The first process before formation is tiring or diluting the candle. After that shape as desired each.