DEFINITION OF HANDICRAFT

DEFINITION OF HANDICRAFT

Malaysia Handicraft Development Corporation defines crafts as "Handicraft Output" means any artistic produce which has cultural or traditional charm and is the result of a process which depends solely or partly on hand skills and includes any batik product; And "batik product" means any goods, however manufactured, which has a batik design on or in any part thereof.

The other definition of craft is Handicraft is the production of useful or decorative equipment by hand or a simple appliance. Handcrafted crafts should be done individually or in small quantities. Handicrafts often bring cultural and / or religious interests. Mass production or military outcome is not a handicraft.

According to Azlina Abd Aziz at the website of Azlinaaziz.blogspot.com from the German language, kraft, which means the strength, strength and competence.

Handicraft is a work of making useful or decorative equipment with full hand or simple appliance. Handcrafted crafts should be done individually or in small quantities. Handicrafts often bring cultural and / or religious significance. Mass production or military outcome is not a handicraft.

John Harvery insists that this strength is also on membership, efficiency and expression as 'knowledge' is power. Following Paul J. Smith in his book "Craft Today 'Poetry of the physical", describes his craft, mystically representing the unity between the spiritual and the senses of a human being. This reinforces humanity element in daily life and experiences born through crafts in addition to producing individual crafts.

The term 'Handicraft':

• Language Board Dictionary (1998) Issue 3: 'enterprise (work, art) requiring skills primarily using hands', while handicraft also means 'enterprise (work, art) that requires creativity and hands-on skills'.

• UNCTAD issued by the United Nations through the United Nation Conference on Trade and Commerce, the following designated handicraft words (Handicraft is a manual skilled-intensive product with or without use of tool, simple instruments or implemented operated indirectly by the craftmen) .

• Enactment of Malaysiana, Volume 7: 'Handcrafted art which includes several types of timber carpentry, silverwork, ironworks, brassworks, pottery art and some other items including items made from local materials such as bamboo , Rattan, resin, coconut shell and so on '.

• Siti Zainun Ismail in his book Traditional Malay Handicraft Design, Chapter 1: 'Handicraft' is intended as an artistic act for use.