ABSTRACT
Craft could be any activity that requires a particular set of skills, celebrates existing knowledge systems passed on generation-to-generation, employs knowledge of materials and mastery of tools and techniques, and aims at a unique and customized end product. Craft is endowed with an extraordinary locus in the fields of visual arts and design, which is extending to space-making and interior architecture. New explorations combining traditional craft processes in commercial space-making applications are also gaining attention. Craftspersons’ knowledge and modeling skills are being linked to cultural and creative industries, entangled with new design perspectives, and applied to prototyping, especially in space-making applications. Craft has largely been understood as a personalized occupation which is cultural, mythologically significant, ritualistic, narrative, and utilitarian. They are more popularly called architectural or building crafts, which could also be defined through materials such as wood, stone, or metal—for example, stone carving, wood carpentry, and metal casting.
