Arts and crafts
the handcrafting and decoration of especially utilitarian objects.
plural noun
decorative handicraft and design, esp that of the arts and crafts movement, in late nineteenth-century britain, which sought to revive medieval craftsmanship
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- Artsy-craftsy
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