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  2. Handicraft - Wikipedia

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    Handicraft. A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, clay, etc.

  3. Papermaking - Wikipedia

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    Papermaking is the manufacture of paper and cardboard, which are used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes. Today almost all paper is made using industrial machinery, while handmade paper survives as a specialized craft and a medium for artistic expression . In papermaking, a dilute suspension consisting mostly ...

  4. History of silk - Wikipedia

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    In China, silkworm farming was originally restricted to women, and many women were employed in the silk-making industry. Even though some saw the development of a luxury product as useless, silk provoked such a craze among the high society that the rules in the Li Ji were used to limit its use to the members of the imperial family.

  5. Shoemaking - Wikipedia

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    Shoemaking is the process of making footwear . Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cordwainers (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them [citation needed] ). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds [1] of masters, journeymen, and apprentices (both men and ...

  6. Kashmiri handicrafts - Wikipedia

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    Kashmiri handicrafts. Kashmiri handicrafts is a traditional art of Kashmiri people and artisans who make, craft, and decorate objects by hand. Ganderbal, and Budgam are the main districts in central Kashmir which have been making handicrafts products since ages. The rest of its districts, including Srinagar, Ganderbal, and Budgam are best known ...

  7. History of candle making - Wikipedia

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    History of candle making. Candle moulding machine in Indonesia circa 1920. Candle making was developed independently in a number of countries around the world. [1] Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in Europe from the Roman period until the modern era, when spermaceti (from sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries ...

  8. Textile industry in China - Wikipedia

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    The textile industry in China is the largest in the world in both overall production and exports. [1] China exported $274 billion in textiles in 2013, a volume that was nearly seven times that of Bangladesh, the second largest exporter with $40 billion in exports. [2] This accounted for 43.1% of global clothing exports. [3]

  9. Craft production - Wikipedia

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    Craft production. A craftsman making boxes in the manner of the 19th-century Shakers. Craft production is manufacturing by hand, with or without the aid of tools. The term "craft production" describes manufacturing techniques that are used in handicraft trades. These were the common methods of manufacture in the pre-industrialized world.

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