Handicrafts Industry Analyisis

Some of the creek indian art was made of wood (wood carvings). Clay was another natural resource that they used (pottery). When english (Britains) started taking land they migrated and had to use beads. They also weaved baskets and put art on these baskets.

The spherical form is decorated with engraved with stylistic depictions of animals in the legends originating from the tribes who where from the area she spent her formative years. Although “Eran” is made of metal, Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher has created many similar spheres out of ceramics. One such ceramic sphere is called “Moocheth, the Ibis Arough, the Emu Golpondon, the Ibis’s son”. These pieces make use of the beautiful, symmetrical, spherical form, which is an important symbol in Aboriginal culture, as it represents the Earth, fire, motherhood and unity. The spheres are decorated with engravings of animals. It also appears that she has applied some kind of glaze of oxide to the piece, and then washed it back, leaving darker lines in the engravings. Her artworks are powerful as they convey the narratives of her ancestors using stylistic designs and images, often depicting Australian

In villages and towns, artisans produced durable goods—such as furniture, clothing, tools, and firearms—but on a piece-by-piece basis. No mass production

Their greatest resources were the trees around them. Most of their tools were made from wood. They also used a lot of bark from the trees to make things. Women made Miwoks, or birch bark containers, strapped to their waist to gather berries. They used a similar container to collect maple syrup. They made canoes out of bark as well. Spears were made out of wood to catch fish. For hunting, they used bow and arrows made from trees. They made stone tomahawks. Snowshoes were another Native American invention. The trees provided them with many tools. -Chevy

From a contemporary perspective, current ceramic artists might challenge that Leach’s domestic wares were categorized as craft, and this is an age-old debate that has gained momentum since the 1980’s when ceramicists began producing work which “questioned the categories and boundaries of art and craft and claimed ground for the sculptural and conceptual in ceramics ……… declaring(ing) the right to continue a tradition of contemplative and emphatically non-utilitarian ceramic forms”.

DOI. (n.d.). Indian Arts and Crafts Board . Retrieved November 27, 2016, from U.S. Department of the Interior: https://www.doi.gov/iacb/act/

Native American Art History suggests the indigenous tribal peoples did not experiment with various art forms until the advent of the “colonial presence”. It was through the social and cultural interaction with Europeans that the tribal peoples were exposed to materials that were different from those common to their understanding, such as beads.

Also, Native Americans used many different approaches to make and design the works of clay, and some of those techniques and many variations of those techniques are being applied to modern pottery today. As shown in this essay, Native Americans have created a way to gather, store, and preserve through the expression of clay.

In “The Living Exhibit Under The Museum’s Portal” poem written by, Santa Clara Nora Naranjo-Morse it talks about how all the Indians from different tribes like the Cochiti, Zuni, and the Navajos come together to sell all their handmade items such as Blankets, jewelry, pottery or pretty much anything that they make. Most often these people go to jewelry shops and sell their stuff as a wholesale, but that’s if they’re lucky because now a days it is so hard to sell jewelry due to all the competition out there. There are so many people out there in different tribes that are very talented. They have unique ways of making their stuff but sometimes a lot of people make pretty much the same thing. If people can’t sell their stuff they usually end

Bowls and rarer jars and effigy vessels are made by rolling out clay rope and coiling them to form vessel and side are scraped and sometimes polished smooth, which they did not use potter’s wheels.

The Cherokee Indians are very famous for their art. Types of art include: clay pots, carved pipes, canoes, masks, rattles, clothing, baskets, and beads. The eastern band of the Cherokee Indians has the longest continuing pottery tradition on their original land of any tribe in the United States (“Traditions”). When making pottery you first pulverize the dried clay and mix it with water. After mixing the dried clay with water, Cherokee craftsmen would mold their clay into whatever shape they wanted it to be. Some examples of shapes include: bowls, cups, and vases. Carved wooden paddles were often used to imprint designs and smooth the surfaces to make them waterproof. They were fired in pits of burning

In the pre industrial era, textiles were a priceless trade commodity that became a symbol for wealth, prestige and power. Several Asian countries contributed to the esteem and success of the Asian textile trade. Amid the popularity of silk in the Chinese empire, India was producing textiles of such high quality that they followed the global success of the silk trade in the world market and at home within the empire. Like many of the other major Asian empires, the strength of the subcontinent resided significantly in their textile trade and production. Europeans recognized the quality of Indian textiles, and therefore they quickly became a popular commodity for the rich. The substantial amount of trade happening through Indian ports served to strengthen the Mughal Empire within India, and solidify India as a premier textile manufacturing Asian country. By the turn of the eighteenth century, India was one of the largest textile manufacturing countries in the world. In India the cotton textile industry was flourishing well before the arrival of the

During my visit to the National Museum of American Indian I witnessed a large amount of historical items used in traditional American Indian life. The first items presented were replicas of a variety of different canoes essential to American Indian daily life including the native Hawaiian Canoe and Central Artic Kayak. I also saw a large variety of traditional clothing which was displayed with vivid colors and intricate designs that are handed down from generation to generation. In addition a vivid and unique display of American Indian hats were also presented along with a very large detailed tunic made of alpaca or vicuna wools that only exalted members of Inca society could wear. Different utensils used by the American Indians were also

Buyers from around 35 countries visit Tirupur frequently. This small town annually contributes about INR.11000 cores (Rs. 110 billion) in foreign exchange earnings to our country, besides an earning matching or surpassing the above figure to cater the domestic market. In brief, the economic prosperity of Tirupur depends highly on this industry and most of the local people are in one way or another involved in the knitwear business.

Today, Sorzal Distributors count eleven major players in the artifacts industry that compete directly with them. This number of competitors –in addition to others- is a proof that the artifacts business is an attractive industry with low entry barriers (in terms of regulations and capital). In fact, the market of artifacts witnesses different players in terms of nature of their products, scope of business and channels of distribution. These can be importers/distributors, specialty dealers, department stores, amateurs and dealers who sell their products through internet. These competitors display fierce competitive moves ranging from dealing directly with Sorzal's suppliers to selling fake artifacts at exorbitant prices in different locations of the country. (R. Kerin, R. Peterson (2005). Strategic Marketing Problems cases and comments (10th Ed.) In such industry circumstances, Sorzal's initial market segmentation has been blurred. Initially, the company targeted buyers of authentic pieces of artifacts in the United States namely collectors, then responded to its small customers number of gift and decorative items buyers. After the entrance of all these competitors to the market, Sorzal should reconsider