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The Official (and editable and changing) Artisan Crafts FAQ!

An artisan or crafter is someone who is specifically skilled in creating something of a 3D nature, such as a blacksmith or leather worker. Back in the day, they apprenticed in their field and became a journeyman (terms used in today's labor union apprenticeships) when the apprenticeship was completed. After the Industrial Revolution, the Arts and Crafts Movement [link] set the stage for the term for anything handcrafted, usually for interior design.

Artisan Crafts on dA refers to anything of a 3D nature that is not traditional art (painting, traditional sculpting, etc). The categories try to stick to traditional Artisan Craft media, yet have additional categories for more modern takes on the genre. Generally anything hand made that serves a function and is also seen as a work of art or has artistic elements to it.

The categories are as follows:

• Architectural Design - Either architectural models or things pertaining to architecture like handmade awnings or decks. No drawn or rendered work is allowed.
AC Month Spotlight On: Architectural Design!

• Culinary Arts - Any art created with food or food as art.
AC Month Spotlight On: Culinary Arts!

• Custom Dolls - Either dolls made from premade bases or completely custom dolls of porcelain, plastic, or vinyl nature - stuffed dolls belongs in Artisan Crafts > Textile > Plushies
AC Month Spotlight On: Custom Dolls

• Folding & Papercraft - The art of folding and cutting paper to create objects of a 3D nature such as origami, dioramas, and other art work.
• AC Month Spotlight On: Folding & Papercraft!

• Jewelry - Handmade jewelry for personal adornment.
• AC Month Spotlight On: Jewelry!

• Knotting & Weavings - Woven art, baskets, dreamcatchers
• Spotlight On: Knotting & Weavings

• Leatherwork - Anything made majorly with leather, or manipulation of leather.
• AC Month Spotlight On: Leatherwork!

• Metalwork - Anything made majorly of metal or manipulation of metal.
• AC Month Spotlight On: Metal Work!

• Misc - please check the other subcats first, but things like masks and flower arrangements goes into the misc gallery

• Sculpture and Glass - This is the most confused gallery. There is a sculpture gallery in Traditional Art also. In Artisan Crafts, it mainly has to do with more handcrafted sculpture that isn't part of what one would call 'traditional'. It all depends on the artist's point of view.
• AC Month Spotlight On: Sculpture & Glass!

• Textiles - Anything relating to things made with fibers or textiles (fabric).
• AC Month Spotlight On: Textiles!

• Woodworking - Anything made majorly of wood or wood manipulation.
• AC Month Spotlight On: Woodworking!

The Gallery Director for Artisan Crafts is ^Myana and ^Kitten-of-Woe

Send either of us a note with a link or thumb to the the piece you are suggesting.

Please make sure...

... the deviation is submitted to the Artisan Crafts gallery
... the deviant hasn't recieved a DD within the last 3 month
... to include a write-up/blurb on why you think it deserves a DD
... the DD you suggest is not an entry to a current contest


Please remember to send your DD suggestions to one person only, or it can cause great confusion.

#ArtisanCrafts

They are not allowed in Artisan Crafts. Artisan Crafts is a category for things made almost completely by hand, without instruction manuals and prefabricated kits, like LEGO and IKEA furnitures

Categories have been created to either fulfill a need to artists or to better organize the art in the gallery. At the moment I am not seeking to add a chainmaille or mosaic category. I also will not be adding a model category for model cars, planes, trains, or anything of the like.

Either you submitted a collage that includes copyrighted character artwork or screenshots from the anime/game, which is against DA copyright policy.

Or the costume (the textile work) can't be seen on the photo cause of the pose or it’s more of a portrait or the costume weren't made by you (either bought and assembled / someone else made it)

This costume gallery is NOT about the character, or the pose, or the place where you took the photo. It is about the crafting of the costume. Please read this informative article [link]

No. Not unless you had some definite part in MAKING the object, please do not place it here. The point of AC is the ART that YOU make.

If anyone can think of something I've forgotton, please NOTE me. Feedback is appreciated, so if you read this please let me know what you think.