Introduction

1.1 INTRODUCTION OF HANDICRAFT:

A product only used by human hands with out using any kind of machinery or equipment is called handicraft. Generally the handicraft means art or skill of the hands. It is the practice of making decorative of functional objective fully or partly by hand an enquiringly both manual and artistic skill.

Handicraft is the method of doing or construction an object or device usually by hand and with native materials. A term that seems to combine arts and crafts. The term generally implies the use of the hands in creating some work of art or supplying some need, such as table or chair while out camping. Handicrafts are not usually dined with machines but rather with hand tools, which at times may even be made them by hand.

“According to the definition formulated by UNCTAD,” The term hand made article reflects to the article or the group of articles, which is being produced mainly with the helps of these tools or instruments, which are used by the artist and in making the handicrafts goods which are of simple kind and which are used by the help of artist and hand or feet, can be called handicraft.

Thus, we can say that handicrafts are an occupation that involves making usable or decorative products by hand.