Handicraft from indigenous materials

A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools. It is a traditional main sector of craft, and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, mold-able and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, etc. Usually the term is applied to traditional techniques of creating items (whether for personal use or as products) that are both practical and aesthetic.

Here are some products from indigenous materials.

From Shells. 

From Shells.

From Shells.

Handicrafts are important because: 

1. It promotes our cultural heritage through the use of indigenous materials. 

2. Handicraft products show an individual's creativity and lofty imagination. 

3. Producers of raw materials will be encouraged to produce more. 

4. Employment is generated especially for the undergraduates. 

5. Values of perseverance and industry are developed.