handicraft

Example Sentences

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Since the painstaking technique of stop-motion animation relies literally on the artists’ handicraft, this tracks brilliantly.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

Throughout the old town, kitschy souvenir shops have replaced handicraft stalls and bookstores.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Her husband met her at the handicraft shop she owned in the capital Vientiane and as usual the couple drove home together in convoy - she was ahead, and he followed behind.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022

Mechanization set the stage for the Industrial Revolution, a transition away from societies focused on agriculture and handicraft production to socioeconomic systems dominated by the manufacture of goods, primarily with machines.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

One octopus would have been enough for me, but it’s the only handicraft Cressie knows how to do, so she just keeps doing it.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd