‿♡⁀ Arts & Crafts Studios

Design & layout ideas for a multi medium Arts & Crafts Studio ... for the artist interested in multiple art medias. Fine Arts: In Western European academic traditions, fine art is art developed primarily for aesthetics or beauty, distinguishing it from applied art that also has to serve some practical function. Historically, the five main fine arts were painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, with performing arts including theatre and dance. Studio for > Fine Art mediums: Painting: Oils, Watercolors Acrylics Sketching: Pen & Ink, Charcoal, Pastels Sculptures: Clay Bronzes/Metal Stone Architecture & Landscape Design Five types of Crafts: Crafts > 1) Textile These include any type of craft where you work with fabric, yarn or surface design. Some examples are knitting, quilting, appliqué, spinning, weaving and dyeing, Batik, needleworks (Cross Stitch, Needlepoint, Crewel, Bargello, Embroidery, Beadwork, Ribbon Embroidery, Stumpwork.) However, they are technically textile crafts since it all starts with the fabric. Crafts > 2) Paper Wood engraving, block printing, (wood or linoleum), papier-mache, calligraphy, and papermaking. Crafts > 3) Decorative Crafts Furniture making, metalwork, stenciling, stained glass, gilding, spongeware, surface design of walls such as trompe l'oeil, basketry and dried flowers, potpourri fall into the category of decorative crafts. This category also includes toy making. Crafts > 4) Fashion Crafts This type of crafts encompasses all the elements of dressing the human body: jewelry, hats, leatherwork (shoes, belts, handbags) and garments. This craft type will naturally intersect other craft types since jewelry can be made through metalworking and garments are fabricated by sewing – which can be classified as a textile craft. Example of fashion crafts: Jewelry Making Crafts > 5) Functional Crafts Pottery Ceramics Porcelain Furniture making Frame making Framing/matting/glass cutting for all types of artwork/cross stitch Mediums: Clay Fabric Leather Jewelry making/Lapidary Stained & Etched Glass Glass Blowing Art Glass Candle Making Dried Florals Potpourri & Fragrance Oils Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Wood Working & Carving Stone Carving Metalsmith