Editing Handicraft (section)

== In modern education ==
[[File:Buell Childrens Museum Art Room by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|At the [[Buell Children's Museum]] in [[Pueblo, Colorado]], children and their guardians partake in "arts and crafts" (i.e. handicrafts)]]
[[File:Bat-Trang-Ceramic-Village6.jpg|thumb|Draw and color [[Bat Trang Porcelain|Bat-Trang ceramic]]]]
Simple "arts and crafts" projects are a common elementary and middle school activity in both mainstream and alternative education systems around the world.

In some of the [[Scandinavia]]n or Nordic countries, more advanced handicrafts form part of the formal, compulsory school curriculum, and are collectively referred to as ''[[sloyd|slöjd]]'' in Swedish, and ''käsityö'' in Finnish. Students learn how to work mainly with metal, textile and wood, not for professional training purposes as in American [[vocational education|vocational–technical schools]], but with the aim to develop children's and teens' practical skills, such as everyday problem-solving ability, tool use, and understanding of the materials that surround us for economical, cultural and environmental purposes.

Secondary schools and college and university art departments increasingly provide elective options for more handicraft-based arts, in addition to formal "[[fine art]]s", a distinction that continues to fade throughout the years, especially with the rise of [[studio craft]], i.e. the use of traditional handicrafts techniques by professional fine artists.

Many [[community center]]s and schools run evening or day classes and workshops, for adults and children, offering to teach basic craft skills in a short period of time.

[[File:Handcrafted Shoes.jpg|thumb|Handcrafted shoes from bamboo made by artists of West Bengal, India, at a fair in Kolkata]]
[[File:Hand made sofa set.jpg|thumb|A handmade sofa set made from fibers extracted from bamboo at a fair in Kolkata, made by artists of West Bengal, India]]
[[File:Making conical hats - Hue countryside.jpg|thumb|upright|Making conical hats ([[nón lá]]) in [[Huế]] countryside, Vietnam]]
[[File:Banaue Philippines Handmade-brooms-01.jpg|thumb|Typical Filipino handmade brooms in a restaurant of Banaue Municipal Town]]
[[File:Wooden Dolls.jpg|thumb|Wooden dolls from Katawa, West Bengal, India.]]
[[File:Local handicraft, Etosha National Park (Namibia).jpg|thumb|Tourist buying handicrafts in [[Namibia]], an important source of income for some tourist destinations]]
[[File:Pieces of Swedish horn craft 1.jpg|thumb|Swedish horn craft, small boxes and a teaspoon made in the 1980s from cattle horns.]]