Decorative arts

The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose object is the design

 and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. It includes interior design, but not usually architecture. 

The decorative arts are often categorized in distinction to the " fine arts", namely painting, drawing, photography, and large-scale sculpture, which generally produce objects solely for their aesthetic quality and capacity to stimulate.

Embroidery

Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread.Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads and quills.

 In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, dresses, stockings. Embroidery is available with a wide variety.

Paper craft

Paper craft is the collection of art forms employing paper or card as the primary artistic medium for the creation of one, two or three-dimensional objects. Paper  sculpture being the most difficult to master because it involves drawing, design and complex interlocking pattern making skills. Paper and card stock  are the most widely used material in arts and crafts.

 They lend themselves to a wide range of techniques and can be folded, curved, bent, cut, glued, molded, stitched, or layered. paper making by hand is also an important paper craft.Painting  though they are commonly applied as decoration are normally considered as separate arts or crafts.

Paper crafts are known in most societies that use paper, with certain kinds of crafts being particularly associated with specific countries or cultures. In Caribbean countries paper craft is unique to Caribbean  culture which reflect the importance of native animals in life of people.

In addition to the aesthetic value of paper crafts, various forms of paper crafts are used in the education of children. It is also neater to work with than paints, dyes, and other coloring materials. 

Wall Hangings 

Wall Hangings Exhibition was curated by Mildred Constantine and jack Lenora Larsen and featured 28 Artists from 8 countries. It was the first major art exhibition in fiber arts or textiles. 

Artworks were noted for their techniques, material, scale and three-dimensional and were referenced both to their break from and use of tradition in those areas. 

The history of the artists in the show were directly attributed to the Austrian Wiener and the German Bauhaus, though mention was made of other inspirations such as Peruvian weavers.

Picture frame

A picture frame is a decorative edging for a picture, such as a painting or photography, intended to enhance it, make it easier to display or protect it.

Construction

The frame along with its mounts protects and often makes the art look better. Joan Mire once did a work specifically to frame with a flea market frame.

Many painters and photographers who work with canvas "gallery-wrap" their artwork, a practice wherein the image extends around the edges of the stretched canvas and therefore precludes use of a traditional picture frame, although a floater frame may be used. 

As picture frames can be expensive when purchased new, some people remove the pictures from a frame and use the frame for other pictures.

Picture frames have traditionally been made of wood, which is still the most common material, although other materials are used including silver, bronze, aluminum, and plastic such as polystyrene. 

Wallpaper

Wallpaper is a material used in interior decoration to decorate the interior walls of domestic and public buildings. It is usually sold in rolls and is applied onto a wall using wall paper paste. 

Wallpapers can come plain as "lining paper" (so that it can be painted or used to help cover uneven surfaces and minor wall defects thus giving a better surface), textured , with a regular repeating pattern design, or, much less commonly today, with a single non-repeating large design carried over a set of sheets. 

Wallpaper is made in long rolls which are hung vertically on a wall. Patterned wallpapers are designed so that the pattern "repeats", and thus pieces cut from the same roll can be hung next to each other so as to continue the pattern without it being easy to see where the join between two pieces occurs.

In the case of large complex patterns of images this is normally achieved by starting the second piece halfway into the length of the repeat, so that if the pattern going down the roll repeats after 24 inches, the next piece sideways is cut from the roll to begin 12 inches down the pattern from the first. 

Do it yourself

"Do it yourself"is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things without the direct aid of experts or professionals. Academic research describes DIY as behaviors where "individuals engage raw and semi-raw materials and parts to produce, transform, or reconstruct material possessions, including those drawn from the natural environment (e.g., landscaping)". 

DIY behavior can be triggered by various motivations previously categorized as market place motivations (economic benefits, lack of product availability, lack of product quality, need for customization), and identity enhancement.

The term "do-it-yourself" has been associated with consumers since at least 1912 primarily in the domain of home improvement and maintenance activities. 

The phrase "do it yourself" had come into common usage (in standard English) by the 1950 s, in reference to the emergence of a trend of people undertaking home improvement and various other small craft and construction projects as both a creative-recreational and cost-saving activity.

Ceramic art

Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay.it may takes from including artistic pottery, including table ware, tiles and other sculpture Ceramic art is one of the arts, particularly theatrical arts. Of these. 

While some ceramics are considered fine arts, as pottery or sculpture, some are considered to be decorative, industrial or applies dart objects. Ceramics may also be considered artifacts in archaeology. Ceramic art can be made by one person or by a group of people. 

The word "ceramics" comes from the Greek Korzybski meaning "pottery", which in turn comes from Karamazov meaning "potter's clay". Most traditional ceramic products were made from clay (or clay mixed with other materials), shaped and subjected to heat, and tableware and decorative ceramics are generally still made this way.

In modern ceramic engineering usage, ceramics is the art and science of making objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials by the action of heat. It excludes glass and mosaic made from glass asseverate.

Elements of ceramic art, upon which different degrees of emphasis have been placed at different times, are the shape of the object, its decoration by painting, carving and other methods, and the glazing found on most ceramics.