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\"Crafts\"It is called crafts<\/strong> both to the work and to the creations made by the craftsmen<\/strong> (a person who does manual work). It is a type of art in which you work mainly with your hands, molding various objects for commercial or merely artistic or creative purposes. One of the fundamental characteristics of this work is that it develops without the aid of machines or automated processes<\/strong>. This makes each handcrafted work a unique and incomparable object, which gives it an extremely special character.<\/p>\n

Some examples where the term appears are: \"When we toured the north, I bought several typical handicrafts\"<\/em>, \"My aunt gave me an aboriginal handicraft to decorate my new house\"<\/em>, \"Most of the local population lives on handicrafts\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In opposition to industrial or serial productions, a craft is defined as a meticulous and detailed work where each object is unique and must receive special attention. To carry out this work the artisans put into practice various techniques<\/strong> manuals learned and developed over time.<\/p>\n

Within the cultural baggage of a people and its traditional culture<\/strong> handicrafts occupy an important place. So much so that the origins of this type of manual work go back to times before the emergence of the industrial age<\/strong>. Handicrafts already existed thousands of years ago and were developed with various materials. In each place, taking into account the possibilities of the environment, the type of crafts that were manufactured varied: according to the raw material that each space offered.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that crafts can have a aesthetic purpose<\/strong> (for example, a decorative painting), ritual<\/strong> (a mask) or functional<\/strong> (a pot to put water). At this point, it is completely different from industrial work, since in the creation of each object the combination of design and art is pursued.<\/p>\n

Marketing and competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

As we have already said, artisan work requires a lot of dedication because each piece is developed manually; therefore, a large number of objects cannot be made at one time. This makes marketing very difficult<\/strong> of these products in large stores and commercial chains and forces artisans to seek other means of dissemination and commercialization.<\/p>\n

\"Crafts\"The commercialization of handicrafts is usually carried out directly (from the artisan to the buyer) or through small markets<\/strong> or cooperatives. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, these products must compete with industrial ones, which often have similar characteristics, in an attempt to imitate the unique properties of handicrafts. And here a latent problem arises for artisans: not only is the industry's production level higher in quantity, but it is also cheaper. <\/p>\n

In the industrial world<\/strong> mass production allows low production costs which results in lower final prices. Apart from the fact that the raw material used by the industry is usually of lower quality, these problems are presented as important obstacles for all those who try to sell handicrafts and make a living from said business. For all this, artisans must sometimes resort to greater versatility<\/strong>; for example, to develop different types of products to offer a greater variety and thereby attract potential customers in different commercial fields.<\/p>\n

Despite the problems that competition for manual work may mean, it is important to mention that the products themselves have no comparison: handicrafts have a quality that makes them unique (thanks to having been developed with special attention one by one) while industrial products are only dozens of identical objects that lack a soul and that have not been thought of in their individuality as a artistic object<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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