"The past is foreign country: they do things differently "- L.P. Hartley.

"Study the past, if you divine the future" - Confucius

Handicrafts are the arts which the artist does fully or partly by using hands adeptly and dexterously. It is an instrumental work which the doer undertake handily involving himself without using any machineries or mechanical devices. There are various types of handicrafts which can be classified into different category according to the material used, items produced and the work done to it. We have worked proficiently to sort out the handcraft items according to the aforementioned criteria to make the spirit and the elements of our publication easily knowledgeable. However, there is no knowing when the cave dweller had began to cut a dash in his life by inventing expert handicrafts. As different historians and archeologists propound and suggest different assumption in this regard; but unavailability of sufficient evidence has left the time and place yet to be ascertained. Though it has been universally chronicled that the handicrafts were found with the human being since date back to centuries. Even then, the information concerning the origin and inventors are skeptical till now.

Cutting the long story in short, we found that the cave man was not known the utility of the abundant free natural resources and materials he was bestowed by the nature for his convenience. Tree litter was the all in one for him which was offering fruits to eat, leaves to wear and shade to stay in. The first and foremost caveman perhaps had befriended with stone as soon as he came to know about the usages of it. He made fire by scrubbing it with another besides using this to crack and chop hard things and making sharp and edged weapons for hunting. Wood was the oldest pal of man which was only used by him as fuel, constructing huts and barricades making some equipments to use in cultivation and then he had learned how to make furniture and wheel out of it. Its after centuries he discovered metals and replaced the stone; applied thoughts to mould it in various forms for different uses. Use of iron had brought a great turn in life and man led a life of unhurried safety. Henceforth, he have never looked back and his genuine effort and endeavors took him to Easy Street.

Handicraft products are traditionally used for a multiplicity of reasons. Some handicrafts are heterogeneous and unique in color, shape, size and appearance. Thus these are picked and chosen by the people who are mad keen about collecting odd types of articles for keep sake. However, This is not a universal attribute of handicrafts as homogenous and uniform products are also available in the market. And these are liked by the people because of the quality and service they get from the goods they bought. Moreover, handicrafts are eco-friendly, biodegradable and very exclusive and beautiful en bloc.