Paper Craft

Paper Craft is a collection of crafts using paper or card as the primary artistic medium for the creation of two or three-dimensional objects. Paper and card stock lend themselves to a wide range of techniques and can be folded, curved, bent, cut, glued, molded, stitched, or layered. papermaking by hand is also a paper craft. Paper Craft don't require any skills and are very simple enough for kids and toddlers to create.  Engaging in paper crafts enables young children to engage in activities such as sketching, ripping, painting which all contribute to the development of their fine motor skills. Paper Craft have  incredible benefits :developing creative imagination, inspires critical thinking, expressing emotions.

Material used for Paper Craft

•  paper
• scissors
• crafting mat
• glue
• multicolored origami paper
• skewer sticks
• tape
• pencils, inks

Craft you can make with paper

   You can make with paper 

• paper flowers
• 3D paper stars
• paper pine wheels
• creative collage
• origami animals
• paper cards
• paper lanterns

Paper Flowers

                                                                                                                

3D Paper Stars

Paper Pine Wheels

Paper Pine Wheels is a traditional paper craft technique that involves creating decorative wheels or flowers using paper strips, typically in a pinecone shape the craft is also known as paper pinecone or paper wheel flower. To create pine wheel you'll need paper strips, scissors, hot glue gun, wooden dowels, small brads.

Creative Collage

Origami Art

Origami art is a art of folding objects out of paper to create both two-dimensional and three-dimensional subjects. Origami has many styles the more common are realistic, minimal, modular, practical, wet folding. Paper is only the true requirements of origami art.

Paper Cards

Paper Card craft also known as card making or paper crafting.it is a creative activity that involves designing and making decorative cards using paper and other materials. Some common paper card craft are greetings cards , gift tags, invitations, 3d paper models.to make paper card you'll need paper, cardstock, glue, scissors, quilling tools, paper piercing tools, ink pads, stamps. 

Paper Lanterns

 Textile Art

Textile Art is an art form using textile materials as its medium. The definition of textile art is a general term that include fiber art, knitwear, woven fiber, and embroidery. The possible subject matter of textile art ranges from the representation of images and figures to abstract shapes and patterns.

The types of materials used in textile arts include cloth, yarn, fiber, string, thread, or wire fabric. If a material is not fixed to another object that can move or be deformed it is considered a freeform material.

As for materials used in the production of textile art, cotton is one of the most common fibers made from plants. This can be spun into thread or yarn to be used for cloth making.

Fibers such as wool are usually made from animal hair such as sheep or goat (which can also be called "wool").

Silk is a type of protein fiber produced by silkworms that grows on spindles in their stomachs.

Recycled fibers like hemp are also becoming popular in today's society due to its biodegradable nature. Textile art which can also be known by the terms fiber art or  fabric art.

 

Types of Textile Art

 There are two types of textile art

1. Consumer art

1. Technical art

• Consumer Textiles

Textiles have an assortment of uses, the most common of which are for clothing and for containers such as bags and baskets. In the household, textiles are used in carpeting, upholstered furnishings, window shades, towels, coverings for tables, beds, and other flat surfaces, and in art. Textiles are used in many traditional hand crafts such as sewing, quilting, and embroidery.

• Technical textiles

Textiles produced for industrial purposes, and designed and chosen for technical characteristics beyond their appearance, are commonly referred to as technical textiles. Technical textiles include textile structures for automotive applications, medical textiles (such as implants), geotextile (reinforcement embankments), protective clothing (such as clothing resistant to heat and radiation for fire fighter clothing, against molten metals for welders, stab protection, and bullet proof vests).

FEATURES OF ART AND CRAFT

In Features of Art and Craft there are seven most common features used in it  which is  line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value. When analyzing these intentionally utilized elements, the viewer is guided towards a deeper understanding of the work.

• Line
• Shape
• Form
• Color
• Space 
• Texture
• Value

Lines

Lines are marks moving in a space between two points whereby a viewer can visualize the stroke movement, direction, and intention based on how the line is oriented. Lines describe an outline, capable of producing texture according to their  length and curve. There are different types of lines artists may use, including, actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and contour lines, which all have different functions.  Lines are also situational elements, requiring the viewer to have knowledge of the physical world in order to understand their flexibility, rigidity, synthetic nature, or life.

Shapes

A shape is a two-dimensional design encased by lines to signify its height and width structure, and can have different values of color used within it to make it appear three-dimensional. There are different types of shapes an artist can use a geometrical shape, or organic shapes, created by an artist. Simplistic, geometrical shapes include circles, triangles and squares, and provide a symbolic and synthetic feeling, whereas acute angled shapes with sharp points are perceived as dangerous shapes. Rectilinear shapes are viewed as dependable and more structurally sound, while curvilinear shapes are chaotic and adaptable.

Form

Form is a three-dimensional object with volume of height, width and depth. These objects include cubes, spheres and cylinders. Form is often used when referring to physical works of art, like sculptures, as form is connected most closely with those three-dimensional works.

Color

Color is an element consisting of hues, of which there are three properties: hue, chroma or intensity, and value. Color is present when light strikes an object and is reflected back into the eye, a reaction to a hue arising in the optic nerve. The first of the properties is hue, which is the distinguishable color, like red, blue or yellow. The next property is value, meaning the lightness or darkness of the hue. The last is chroma or intensity, distinguishing between strong and weak colors.  Color is divided into various classes, primary color, secondary color. Primary colors are fundamental colors and can't be achieved by mixture of other colors (they are not mixable) and they are red, yellow and blue. Secondary colors are colors produced when two primary colors (of equal rate) are mixed together.

Space

Space refers to the perspective (distance between and around) and proportion (size) between shapes and objects and how their relationship with the foreground or background is perceived. There are different types of spaces an artist can achieve for different effect. Positive space refers to the areas of the work with a subject, while negative space is the space without a subject. Open and closed space coincides with three-dimensional art, like sculptures, where open spaces are empty, and closed spaces contain physical sculptural elements.

Texture

Texture is used to describe the surface quality of the work, referencing the types of lines the artist created. The surface quality can either be tactile (real) or strictly visual (implied). Tactile surface quality is mainly seen through three-dimensional works, like sculptures, as the viewer can see and/or feel the different textures present, while visual surface quality describes how the eye perceives the texture based on visual cues.

Value

Value refers to the degree of perceivable lightness of tones within an image. The difference in values is often called contrast, and references the lightest (white) and darkest (black) tones of a work of art, with an infinite number of grey variants in between. While it is most relative to the greyscale, though, it is also exemplified within colored images.

MATERIAL USED FOR ART AND CRAFT

 Art and Craft material is used by artist. To make an art and craft we use different materials some of these materials are paint, paper, pastels, silk, wool, glass, cotton, drawing, clay, chalk, brush and ink, and many others. The materials that an artist uses when creating his or her works are commonly known as bases and media. Bases are surfaces on which the artist applies the media, including, canvas, wood, and paper. A medium is the material that is applied to the base, such as paint, chalk, or tile.   A “medium” can refer to the materials used to make a work of art (such as clay, wood, paint, fabric, charcoal, etc.) and also refer to creation techniques such as sculpture, printmaking, watercolor, or pottery.

Paint

Digital Art is a term used to describe art that is made or presented using  digital technology. Digital Art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. It can also refers to computational art that uses and engage with digital media.

Types of Digital Art

There are many types of digital art some of these are this

• Digital Painting
• Digital Photography
• Fractals Art
• Digital Collage
• 2D Animation

Digital Painting

Digital Paintings consists of making art using digital tools and software mimicking traditional painting techniques used in watercolor oil and acrylic painting. Digital Painting is made using a combination of brushes texture layer modes and effects to create stunning images with complex composition and illustration full of life. Some software used in digital paintings are adobe photoshop COREL painter.

Digital  Photography 

Digital  Photography involves capturing images using digital cameras or devices with cameras built on them like smartphone and tablets.

Some software used digital  photography like adobe photoshop, adobe lightroom, capture one and DXO photo lab are commonly used for photo management and photo manipulation.

To take digital  photography you will need

• Digital Cameras
• Lenses 
• Tripods and stabilization
• Lighting equipment
• Storage devices
• A laptop or PC

Fractal Art

Fractal Art is never ending patterns. To make fractal art you need software like ultra fractal Mandel bulb 3D apophysis and fractal tint besides that you will need a high performance computer and a high resolution display to appreciate the intricate details of fractal art.

Digital Collage

Digital Collage is a form of digital art that combines various digital elements into a single composition this technique involve using digital tools to merge photos graphics text and texture into a single piece of media creating a layered complex piece.

2D Animation

2D Animation involves creating the illusion of movement in a two dimensional space where character creatures, FX background that are created in flat environment instead of using 3D.

Some of the common styles we see in 2D Animation are

• Traditional Animation
• Vector based Animation
• Motion Graphics 

The visual art are art form such as painting, drawing, sculptures, and architecture. Also included within the visual arts are the applied art, such as industrial design Fashion design, interior design, and decorative art.

Before the Arts and Crafts Movement  a person working in the fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the decorative arts, crafts, or applied visual arts media. 

A Visual artist is a person who killed with at least one type of visual art. some visual artists have a natural talent or are self taught. other visual artists have extensive training or education such as a BFA (bachelor of fine art) or an MFA(master in fine arts).

TYPES OF VISUAL ART

In visual art there are many types included in it some of these are given below

1. Painting

1. Drawing

1. Sculpture

1. Architecture

 PAINTING

Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, may be used.

In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass,  and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects.

DRAWING

Drawing is a visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface. The instruments used to make a drawing are pencils, crayons, pens with inks, brushes with paints, or combinations of these, and in more modern times, computer styluses with graphics tablets or gamepads in VR drawing software. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard.

SCULPTURE

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth.  sculptural processes  used carving ,stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials.

ARCHITECTURE

 Architecture the  art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. The practice of architecture is employed to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic ends .At a basic level, architecture is commonly defined as the process of planning, designing and constructing buildings or structures. By definition, a building is merely a structure with a floor, roof and walls. True architecture goes well beyond a mere building. Every architect seems to have a different definition of what architecture means to them.

                                            Art and Craft 

Art and Craft have been an integral part of human culture for centuries, providing a means of self-expression, communication and connection. Art and Craft describes a wide variety of making things with one's own hand. Art and Craft encompass the wide range of activities, Visual art, Textile art, Paper craft, Digital art, Folk art. It is essential to human expression allowing individuals to convey emotions ,ideas and experiences through various mediums. Arts and crafts is usually a hobby. Both children and adults enjoy arts and crafts. Children in schools may learn skills such as painting, drawing, and paper craft or making things with all sorts of material.

The Arts and Crafts Movement began in England in the 1860s as a reform movement. Its primary proponents were John Ruskin (1819-1900) and William Morris (1834-1896). John Ruskin, its philosophical leader, was the most influential of all Victorian writers on the arts and a member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The Pre-Raphaelites believed the medieval world was purer in form than the post-Renaissance world because it was more closely tied to nature. Ruskin's book The Stones of Venice (1853) had a great impact on the intellectuals of Victorian England. In it, he made a direct connection between art, nature, and morality-good moral art was nature expressed through man. While Ruskin built the philosophical foundation of the Arts and Crafts Movement, it was William Morris who became its leader. Morris took Ruskin's ideas about nature, art, morality, and the degradation of human labor and translated them into a unified theory of design. By doing so, Morris successfully wedded aesthetics and social reform into the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Elements of Art and Craft

• visual art (painting, drawing)
• textile art(sewing, embroidery)
• paper craft(card making, origami)
• digital art(graphic design, photography)
• folk art(wood working, pottery)

VISUAL ART

TEXTILE ART

Textile art is an art form that uses textile materials such as yarn, string, and fabric. Textile artists use a wide range of techniques to produce their works, including knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, knotting, or braiding fabric or natural fibers.

PAPER CRAFT

DIGITAL ART

FOLK ART