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craft

vr.tr.craft · INF.KNW

Let an agent handle crafts as fields of work: identify craft traditions, explain training and livelihoods, support buyers and learners, and link intangible heritage.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle crafts as fields of work: identify craft traditions, explain training and livelihoods, support buyers and learners, and link intangible heritage.

A skilled occupation or field of work that produces goods or performs services by hand or with tools, such as woodworking, pottery, weaving, stove building, broom making, craft baking and regional traditions like Khokhloma painting, often learned through apprenticeship and valued for skill, tradition and quality.

What it is for: Skilled making by hand.

It can be identify a craft and its tradition; find training and apprenticeships; explain craft business and standards; find craft heritage and markets.

Distinguishing features

Skilled handwork

Learned by practice

Traditional and contemporary

Small-scale production

What it looks like

Workshops, tools, hand-made objects and craft markets.

How it is recognised

Hand tools and workshops

Regional styles and materials

Industrial manufacture is mechanised

Related models

is a kind of - category

field of work

is practised by - practitioner

craftsperson

is related to - related maker

painter

is recognised as - heritage

intangible cultural heritage

In practice

Families and kinds

building crafts

textile crafts

ceramics and glass

food crafts such as craft baking

regional decorative traditions

Standards and regulation

UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage

National craft qualifications and guild rules

Product safety rules for craft goods

Failure modes and hazards

Loss of skills

Workshop hazards such as dust and tools

Mislabelling factory goods as handmade

Also called

stove buildergandourabroom makingcraft bakingrice sculptingKhokhlomathrumminggoldsmithingblacksmithingpicture mountingbrush makingcoach buildingHorse collar makingbellowmakingcraft productionsignwritingpipe makingart craftstovemakingDamgarhairwork (craft practice)tinsmithdental technologyAustralian Aboriginal fibrecraftjourneyman yearsperfumerybirch bark craftingtextile engineeringcolonizerCrafts of Sierra Leonemaker and restorer of traditional musical instrumentscharcoal burningvile and mechanical craftCrafts of Thailandhome canningtraditional crafthand spinningKelaghayiropemakingarrowsmithing

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.craft

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identify Which craft.

Traditions differ.

Tradition

Craft tradition.

Tradition

Tradition.

  1. What is this craft, where is it practised, and how is it done, according to practitioners? provenance
  2. Is it listed as intangible heritage? provenance

Object

Identifying work.

Object

Identifying work.

  1. Is this object handmade in the tradition it claims? boundary
  2. Which marks or techniques indicate authenticity? provenance
Learn Training.

Skills take time.

Training

Apprenticeships.

Training

Training.

  1. How can someone learn this craft, through apprenticeship, school or courses? provenance
  2. Which qualifications exist? provenance

Safety

Workshop safety.

Safety

Workshop safety.

  1. Which hazards does this craft involve, and how are they controlled? provenance
  2. What protective equipment applies? provenance
Business Livelihoods.

Crafts are livelihoods.

Selling

Markets.

Selling

Markets.

  1. Where can craft work be sold, and how should it be priced? provenance
  2. Which labelling rules apply? provenance

Support

Funding.

Support

Support.

  1. Which grants or organisations support craftspeople here? provenance
  2. How are endangered crafts protected? provenance
Buy Buying craft.

Buyers value authenticity.

Find

Finding makers.

Find

Finding makers.

  1. Where can makers of this craft be found? provenance
  2. How can commissions be arranged? action

Care

Caring for craft goods.

Care

Care.

  1. How should this craft object be cared for? provenance
  2. Can it be repaired by the maker? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each craft be a separate entry?
  • How should heritage lists be linked?
  • How should qualifications be localised?
Draft as JSON