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Arts and crafts are simple human creations based upon the individual’s perception, adaptation to a situation and power to convert imaginations to real objects. A good sense of shape and colour combination is also needed for this area of skill. Most of the well known craft artists are gifted with their expressing skills, but it’s also note worthy that they have given a great scope to their gifts. That the only reason that they keep doing what they love the most and still survive in the world. Our society doesn’t accept arts and crafts as an occupation; still the artists live their life with full prestige and respect. Art is the only thing if that has been a passion to someone, then the satisfaction touches the soul.

The arts and crafts movement took its pace in later part of 19th and 20th century. The leading stars of the movement which lead to piercing of the elegant passion into people’s life were Williams Morris and Edwin Lutyens. The industry will always be grateful to them. But the real quality of the arts and crafts has been decreased with time and modern innovations. The industrialisation of the passion has been another reason for it with increased productivity standing as the cause of demolition.

Quality of people in their respective fields had been disheartened which changed the scenario of arts and crafts. People can get rid of the obsession of technically made products in the advanced countries but in the backward countries they are still getting attracted to the machine made ones. So demand for art would always be in the middle of something with no future. But the individuals who die for it and feel proud to have arts and crafts as passion are can sustain any situation. Once his/her works are appreciated then there is no reason and time to look back. Every artist just needs a break in the market, that click could be able to give him/her success of life time.

Efforts are still being made by some non profit organisations and government to enhance the half built structure of arts and crafts. Only in US, the industry contributes more than 10 billion dollars to economy every year. Hence it is proved that opportunity in US is huge and the following countries would be a good platform too. If in today’s world, money matters the most then let it be! No worries are there if you want to make money out of the most beautiful passion inside you.

The key point about this challenging industry is that it always demands new inventions and innovations. Unlike any other area of skill, arts and crafts industry never continues for one week with a particular design or work. In between this one week if any other piece of work emerges from any of the artists, then the most recent one is outdated. No shortage of competitors is there in the field, and hardly any honest artist you would find. Your work can be copied and sold before you do or simply it could be stolen. But do what you are best at it, what you enjoy. That’s the real art within us.