{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.handicraft-q810592","code":"thing-q810592","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q810592/","name":"handicraft","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Handicraft is a hobby involving the skilled making or finishing of small-scale useful or decorative objects chiefly by hand or with hand-guided tools, with the maker's manual contribution substantially determining the finished object.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise a handicraft practice, assess its making process and outcomes, and identify appropriate support, continuation or adaptation.","scope":{"in":["Criteria for recognising a hobby making small-scale objects as handicraft include contested cases involving machinery or digital fabrication.","The activity encompasses manual operations, tools and material transformations.","Relevant aspects include practical skill, learning, judgement and maker participation.","Workmanship is assessed against intended use and maker or community expectations.","Transmission, attribution and permissions matter where a practice has a cultural or collective context."],"out":["Complete physical descriptions and lifecycle records of individual finished articles","General material chemistry and manufacturing specifications","Industrial production systems beyond their relationship to the craft process","Occupational qualifications and employment conditions of craft workers","General art criticism, commercial valuation and heritage designation procedures"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Identify which operations depend on a maker's manual skill and judgement; purchasing or reselling a handmade article does not itself constitute handicraft.","Examine who controls the article's form and finish during making; ownership of a machine or selection of a preset alone does not establish craft participation.","Identify material-working operations such as weaving, carving, stitching or modelling; a design file or verbal instruction alone does not demonstrate the making activity.","The activity must be a hobby making small-scale objects in this sense, while artistic purpose or occasional sales alone do not determine whether that criterion is met.","For kit assembly and heavily mechanised work, record the applicable definition and evidence rather than treating either inclusion or exclusion as automatic."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"craft-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Craft identity and boundaries","description":"Records what makes the activity handicraft and which interpretation supports that classification.","layers":[{"id":"definition-and-instance","name":"Definition and instance","description":"Connects a stated meaning of handicraft to an observed making activity.","findings":[{"id":"basis-for-craft-classification","name":"Basis for craft classification","description":"Record the definition being applied, who uses it and the operations offered as evidence.","questions":[{"text":"Whose definition of handicraft is being used, and what manual skill or material transformation does it require?","id":"basis-for-craft-classification-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which observed operations establish that this instance involves making rather than only designing, selecting or reselling?","id":"basis-for-craft-classification-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"mechanisation-and-authorship","name":"Mechanisation and authorship","description":"Examines the contribution of tools, automation, prefabricated components and collaborators.","findings":[{"id":"distribution-of-making-control","name":"Distribution of making control","description":"Record who or what determines the article's form and finish at each consequential operation.","questions":[{"text":"Which shaping, joining or finishing decisions does the maker adjust during execution, and which are fixed by a kit, machine or supplied component?","id":"distribution-of-making-control-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Under the selected definition, how does this distribution of control affect the handicraft classification?","id":"distribution-of-making-control-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"materials-and-transformation","name":"Materials and transformation","description":"Describes how material condition and operation sequence constrain the making process.","layers":[{"id":"stock-selection-and-preparation","name":"Stock selection and preparation","description":"Records suitability and preparation of the material for the intended technique.","findings":[{"id":"workable-material-condition","name":"Workable material condition","description":"Identify the material properties and preparation checks relevant to the next operation.","questions":[{"text":"Which properties must be checked for this technique, such as grain direction, fibre strength, thickness, moisture or clay plasticity?","id":"workable-material-condition-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What preparation or sample trial is needed before cutting, bending, stitching, weaving or forming the main workpiece?","id":"workable-material-condition-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"operation-sequence-and-recovery","name":"Operation sequence and recovery","description":"Tracks dependencies, intermediate states and opportunities to correct errors.","findings":[{"id":"consequential-process-steps","name":"Consequential process steps","description":"Record operation order and points where material removal, joining or finishing limits later correction.","questions":[{"text":"Which steps depend on earlier dimensions, tension, alignment, drying or setting, and what evidence shows readiness to proceed?","id":"consequential-process-steps-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Before an irreversible cut, firing or bonded joint, what check or trial should the maker perform?","id":"consequential-process-steps-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"skill-and-workshop-practice","name":"Skill and workshop practice","description":"Records the practical capabilities and working arrangements required to execute the craft.","layers":[{"id":"embodied-judgement","name":"Embodied judgement","description":"Identifies sensory cues and adjustments used during skilled operations.","findings":[{"id":"observable-skill-and-learning-needs","name":"Observable skill and learning needs","description":"Record demonstrated capability and the aspects of technique requiring further practice or teaching.","questions":[{"text":"What does the maker judge by touch, sight or sound, such as thread tension, cutting resistance or surface readiness?","id":"observable-skill-and-learning-needs-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which sample exercise or demonstration would establish readiness for the intended workpiece?","id":"observable-skill-and-learning-needs-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"tools-and-working-conditions","name":"Tools and working conditions","description":"Connects tool condition and workspace arrangements to particular craft operations.","findings":[{"id":"operation-ready-workstation","name":"Operation-ready workstation","description":"Record the setup needed to control tools and materials during the planned operation.","questions":[{"text":"What tool condition, work holding, lighting or workspace arrangement does this operation require?","id":"operation-ready-workstation-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What setup changes or verified guidance are needed for the specific blades, dust, heat or finishing substances involved?","id":"operation-ready-workstation-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"workmanship-and-completion","name":"Workmanship and completion","description":"Makes the intended result and the evidence for accepting or reworking it explicit.","layers":[{"id":"intended-result","name":"Intended result","description":"Records functional, visual and tactile expectations that guide making.","findings":[{"id":"craft-specific-acceptance-criteria","name":"Craft-specific acceptance criteria","description":"Identify what the maker, recipient or relevant practice considers successful workmanship.","questions":[{"text":"Which criteria matter for this article, such as seam strength, weave stability, joint fit, surface feel or fidelity to a pattern?","id":"craft-specific-acceptance-criteria-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Who distinguishes acceptable hand variation from a defect, and on what basis?","id":"craft-specific-acceptance-criteria-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"inspection-and-rework","name":"Inspection and rework","description":"Connects observed results to completion, correction or a change of intended use.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-for-completion","name":"Evidence for completion","description":"Record inspection results and feasible responses to unmet criteria.","questions":[{"text":"Which inspection or use-appropriate test demonstrates that the finished work meets its stated criteria?","id":"evidence-for-completion-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"If it fails, can it be unpicked, reshaped, refinished or otherwise reworked without undermining its intended use?","id":"evidence-for-completion-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"transmission-and-cultural-context","name":"Transmission and cultural context","description":"Records where craft knowledge comes from and how it may be taught, adapted or represented.","layers":[{"id":"knowledge-and-pattern-provenance","name":"Knowledge and pattern provenance","description":"Traces techniques, motifs and patterns without presuming that every craft practice is traditional.","findings":[{"id":"documented-learning-and-design-sources","name":"Documented learning and design sources","description":"Record teachers, references and adaptations underlying the making activity.","questions":[{"text":"From whom or what did the maker learn the technique and obtain the pattern or motif?","id":"documented-learning-and-design-sources-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which elements are inherited, independently developed or adapted, and what supports that account?","id":"documented-learning-and-design-sources-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"sharing-and-adaptation","name":"Sharing and adaptation","description":"Records known expectations and unresolved permissions surrounding transmission and representation.","findings":[{"id":"conditions-for-reuse-and-representation","name":"Conditions for reuse and representation","description":"Identify evidenced conditions affecting reproduction, teaching and claims of cultural affiliation.","questions":[{"text":"What permissions, attribution requirements or community protocols have been established for sharing this pattern or technique, and by whom?","id":"conditions-for-reuse-and-representation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What must be clarified before teaching, commercial reproduction or describing the work as belonging to a named tradition?","id":"conditions-for-reuse-and-representation-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of handicraft this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe crafts, their techniques and traditions from reliable sources.","Help makers document and price their work at their request."],"mustNot":["Present machine-made goods as handmade.","Copy a maker's designs or traditional patterns for sale without permission.","Encourage use of sharp tools, kilns or chemicals without the safety precautions they need."],"requiresHuman":["Selling or licensing a maker's work on their behalf."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Handmade labels carry value that buyers and makers rely on.","Traditional designs often belong to communities that should be credited."],"affectedParties":["Makers","Buyers","Craft communities"]},"owners":{"steward":"The maker of each object; communities hold their traditional designs.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q53178539","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.handicraft-q810592","Wikidata: Q810592 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810592)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Craft medium and technique: Locally named practice plus material and technique descriptors, such as basket weaving, wood carving or hand embroidery","Manual and machine participation: Per operation: direct handwork, hand-tool work, manually controlled powered work, automated work, mixed or unknown","Maker control: Maker or collaborator linked to decisions about pattern, shaping, joining, decoration and finishing","Material readiness: Unassessed, requires preparation, workable for the next operation, unsuitable or exhausted; technique-specific evidence","Making stage: Planning, material preparation, forming, joining, decorating, finishing, assessment, rework or complete; stages may repeat or be omitted","Workmanship assessment: Unassessed, meets stated criteria, requires rework or unsuitable for intended use, with assessor and evidence","Active making time: Hours per article or batch, with preparation, waiting and rework distinguished","Practice lineage and permissions: Links to teachers, communities, pattern sources and stated permissions or restrictions; unknown where unverified"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Assess whether a documented making activity fits an explicitly chosen definition of handicraft.","Plan a sequence of craft operations suited to the available materials, tools and demonstrated skills.","Identify a material condition or workmanship issue and propose a practice-appropriate trial or rework step.","Compare hand, powered and automated process alternatives while showing their effects on maker control.","Document a technique for learning while identifying judgement that still requires demonstration or supervised practice.","Check attribution and known permissions before reproducing or sharing patterns and culturally situated techniques."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Sharp tools, hot equipment and moving parts can cause cuts, burns or other injuries.","Dust, fumes and some craft materials can cause irritation, allergic reactions or harmful exposure.","Repetitive movements and sustained awkward postures can contribute to musculoskeletal strain.","Poorly constructed objects can break or create choking, fire or load-bearing hazards during use."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Handicraft is practised in homes, schools, community workshops and hobby groups to make useful or decorative objects.","Activities such as knitting, weaving, pottery and woodcarving support recreation, skill development, personal expression and the transmission of traditions."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q810592: handicraft","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810592","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Arts and crafts","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_crafts","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry intend handicraft to denote the making activity alone, or also the resulting articles and the collective category of crafts?","Which definitions should govern disputed cases involving powered tools, digital fabrication, prefabricated kits and distributed production?","Which existing Vercy models cover craft, making, artisanal production or traditional craftsmanship, and where should this entry link rather than duplicate them?","Which craft practitioners and documented sources should establish technique-specific workmanship criteria and acceptable variation?","How should conflicting accounts of cultural affiliation, authority to grant permission or restrictions on transmission be represented?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q810592/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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