an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands
volunteers demonstrating early American handicrafts, such as blacksmithing, glassblowing, and weaving
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Recent Examples of handicraftWith padded walls that resemble the inside out of a Loro Piana jacket, the space exhibits eight avant-garde pieces in natural hues that combine monastic refinement, theatrical play on volumes, and intricate handicrafts.—Denni Hu, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025 The nightly rates aren’t breathlessly high, and the warm design displays Peruvian handicrafts such Khipu (Incan knotted cords used for record keeping), oversized Chomba jars, and Paracas pottery throughout.—Katie Chang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 There are also charming villages selling fabrics and handicrafts.—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Due to industrialization and globalization, traditional textiles and regional handicraft products have been pushed out of the fashion industry.—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for handicraft
Getting to the knockout phase will take guile as much as craft, something the Dutch boast in abundance.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Opening July 6, Fragonard’s latest museum in Arles is the story of two dynasties united by friendship, a love for heirloom crafts and a knack for collecting.
Biographer Robin Givhan talks about how Virgil Abloh, the dynamic, game-changing subject of her latest work, broke barriers, changed paradigms, and reshaped the worlds of fashion and art, with a special nod to the role of Black music and themes of freedom and joy.
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Essence,
Essence,
7 July 2025
Additionally, stoneware pans, especially bundt pans, double as pieces of art.
The Nabataeans were an incredibly skilled trading tribe in the spice trade.
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Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
But using a trade exception, which allows a team to acquire a player in a trade even if their salary would otherwise put the team over the salary cap or the team is already over the salary cap, hard caps teams at the first apron.
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