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Basic Elements of Handicraft (Group 4)

Handicraft has three basic elements - design, material, and technique. Design provides the plan or specification for the object. Material refers to the raw substances used to create the object. Technique is the process used to treat the materials and construct the object. These elements are interrelated - the design determines the material needed and technique used to transform the material into the finished product.

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Basic Elements of Handicraft (Group 4)

Handicraft has three basic elements - design, material, and technique. Design provides the plan or specification for the object. Material refers to the raw substances used to create the object. Technique is the process used to treat the materials and construct the object. These elements are interrelated - the design determines the material needed and technique used to transform the material into the finished product.

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Basic Elements of Handicraft

Handicraft has three basic elements that are interrelated, and which explain its
conceptualization. You cannot create a handicraft without using all these three
elements. These are:
1. Design -an idea or an arrangement scheme that is expressed into a configuration,
drawing, model, mold, pattern, plan or specification to work out the form of an
object. The design, drawn by a designer, will give perspective to the object and will
help us visualize the expected finished product.
2. Material - an element of handicraft, refers to the basic substance either in its
natural, modified, or semi-processed state that is used as an input to a production
process for subsequent modification or transformation into a finished product.
3. Technique - is simply the method and process of treating the materials to
construct the object. The technique to be used will help determine the tools and
equipment to be used.
The relationship of the three elements is illustrated in the following diagram
espoused by a handicraft expert, the late Prof. Lydia Arribas. It shows that a
handicraft product is the realization of the elements of design and is most probably
created as a response to a felt need. The material to use in executing the planned
design concept is dependent on the design and function of the object. In turn, the
material chosen will suggest the technique or how the material will be treated,
processed, and handled to convert it to the desired object.

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