A - Artisan Crafts (AC)

Tangible craft work created by the artist, including leather working, glass-blowing metalwork or textiles crafted for utilitary use.

Artisan Crafts on dA refers to anything of a 3D nature that is not traditional art (painting, traditional sculpting, etc). The categories try to stick to traditional Artisan Craft media, yet have additional categories for more modern takes on the genre. Generally anything hand made that serves a function and is also seen as a work of art or has artistic elements to it.

B - books the Artisan Crafts ways

C - costume vs cosplay

The Costume gallery in Artisan Crafts > Textile is has a lot of miscats of cosplaying photos, ie photos of strangers at a con, photos where the costume can’t be seen due to the pose or it’s a close-up or the costume wasn’t made by you.
Those aren’t allowed in the Artisan Crafts gallery and are relocated to a more fitting gallery in Photography
Read this informative article for more about this issue: [link]

D - Dolls

The Custom Dolls gallery is for dolls made by you and are created from bases or by hand and are usually of porcelain, vinyl, or hard plastic. Custom dolls are not stuffed (those belongs in AC > Textile > Plushies). Custom dolls in stylished photos where no customization is visible due to light or pose belong in Photography > Still Life > Dolls & Figures. Handsewn clothes to dolls are to be submitted in AC > Textile > Clothing

E- Elephants the Artisan Crafts ways

F - FAQ and Forum

You can find the Artisan Crafts FAQ here --> AC FAQ and the AC Forum here --> AC Forum

G - Gallery Directors and the Artist Relations Team

The purpose of Artist Relations is to strengthen the community spirit as well as network with fellow artists so that we may bring outside opportunities to you, and help you to hone your skills. The Gallery Directors are the first people you should go to regarding your galleries.
They are the people you need to make gallery suggestions to, and ask questions about your specific genre, or seek knowledge from. They also act as your lifeline to the administration. They are here to support and listen, and I can tell you we've got incredibly talented, devoted and passionate people on this team, so get to know them!

Director of Artist Relations: $Moonbeam13
Assistant Director of AR: $FallenRox

^Myana and ^Kitten-of-Woe are the Gallery Directors for Artisan Crafts

Complete list of all Gallery Directors --> [link]

H - Help Desk

Help Desk is the place to ask your questions about subscriptions, prints, devWEAR and more

I - Interface & Design

Or rather the Design & Interface Gallery is the gallery for your drawn designs, like fashion, costume and t-shirts designs (this is not part of the Artisan Crafts gallery)

J - January 2008 was Artisan Crafts month!

January: Artisan Crafts Month, was a month where `lazybutt, and a few other deviants - including myself, explored the meaning of Artisan Crafts through various events, news articles and journals.



AC Month Spotlight Database

K - Knotting & Weavings

A gallery for Baskets and other woven reed creations.

L - Lotus the Artisan Crafts ways

M - miscats

Report miscats

N - news articles

All sorts of new articles can be found here [link] and all Artisan Crafts related you find here [link]

O - Official Artisan Crafts dAmn chat channel

#ArtisanCrafts

P - Promoting, featuring, spotlighting AC

The more the better!
Together, as a thriving community, we can help spotlight all wonderful crafts submitted daily. We can make the Artisan Crafts gallery even more noticeable - you have different watchers, taste and point of view than I or anyone else have. Feature thumbs in your journal, spotlight artisans, write articles, send in DD suggestions and more!

Q- Quilting

Quilting is a subgallery in Textiles

R - Resources

Pattern, tutorials and how to’s are to be submitted to Resources > Tutorials > Artisan Crafts

S - Suggest a Daily Deviation for Artisan Crafts

• FAQ #61: What is a Daily Deviation?
• FAQ #18: Who selects the Daily Deviation and how is it chosen?
• FAQ #873: What do I do when I disapprove of a Daily Deviation feature?

Artisan Crafts DD guidelines:

Send ^Myana or ^Kitten-of-Woe (the Gallery Directors for AC) a note with the link or thumb to the piece you are suggesting.

Please make sure...

• the deviation is submitted to the Artisan Crafts gallery
• the deviant hasn't recieved a DD within the last 3 month
• to include a write-up/blurb on why you think it deserves a DD
• to send your DD suggestions to one person only, or it can cause great confusion.

T - Traditional Art > Sculpture vs Artisan Crafts > Sculpture and Glass

This is causing a lot of confusion.
In Artisan Crafts, it mainly has to do with more handcrafted sculpture that serves a function and that isn't part of what one would call 'traditional'. However, it all depends on the artist's point of view.
If you're unsure where to place your piece, contact one of your AC GD:s or Traditional GD:s.

U - Umbrella the Artisan Crafts Ways

V - Vinly the Artisan Crafts ways

W - Wings the Artisan Crafts Ways

X - X-stitch

Y - Yarn

Z - Zebra-stripes the Artisan Crafts ways