artcraft

== English == === Etymology === art +‎ craft === Noun === artcraft (countable and uncountable, plural artcrafts) Decorative handicraft items. 1931, Daily Consular and Trade Reports (page 547) Artcraft goods at the Leipzig Spring Fair of 1931 […] comprised mainly hand-made textiles of all kinds, and a large variety of decorative articles. Glass and ceramics predominated […] As the makers of artcraft goods are mostly small firms, those located in Germany usually unite in provincial cooperative associations. 1967, Development Digest (volume 5, issues 1-3 , page 57) The notion that a significant proportion of an underdeveloped country's work force can be employed in producing handicrafts for export is universally popular. […] With artcrafts, their collection, export, and distribution abroad typically constitute the greater proportion of the price of the article when it is finally retailed abroad.