Decorative Art

The artistic decoration of objects with practical use which pleases the eye but also concerns itself with other senses such as our sense of touch, taste and smell. 

Cake decorating pleases the eye but also, like a fine meal, pleases our sense of taste. Decorative candles please the eye but also may be scented to please our sense of smell. Cushions with artistic renditions of embroidery, are padded or may please our sense of touch with velvets or silks, similarly clothing that uses fine fabrics, that has trims of lace or an uncommon design or combination of colour pleases both eye and touch.  

A car is a practical object which takes us from one place to another, a car is not art as such. But the addition of soft padding in the seats and leather upholstery, polished wooden dashboards, air brushed exterior paint work in unusual designs, attention to design in its form, the addition of sculpted parts unnecessary for it's function - these can make a car a work of art.

A window is designed to be seen through but stained glass converts it to something to look at that also changes the quality and colours of light that passes through it. A strip of leather will hook through and hold up fabric or trousers but can also be tooled with patterns and studded with metal or jewels.

Interior Design and Craft Skills.

• Costume Design
• Embroidery
• Tapestry
• Applique
• Quilting
  
• Textiles
• Carpeting
• Knitting
• Crochet
• Macramé
  
• Jewellery
• Enameling
• Decoupage
• Gilding
• Paint work
  
• Leatherwork
• Woodwork
• Metalwork
• Glasswork
• Stonework
  
• Stained Glass
• Pottery
• Ceramics 
• Mosaic
  
• Scrap booking
• Book making
• Calligraphy 
• Illustration
  
• Perfume
• Candle making
• Cake Decoration
• Culinary Art
  
• Cabinet Making
• Boat Making
• Luthiers
• Toys and Games
• Vehicle Design
• Heating, Cooling and Lighting
  
• Landscaping
• Fountains
• Flower Arrangement
• Bonsai