what is the difference between Handicrafts and hand looms
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Explanation:
Handloom includes weaving of fabric using hand and a tool or a loom made from wood. ... Also handloom is restricted to textile and fabrics only. Handicraft includes anything that is handcrafted or made by using hands or with minimum use of any hand tool which includes handloom too.
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In a simple language a loom that is operated by hand is called handloom.
Actually loom is a device on which fabric is made and the process of making fabric on loom is called the weaving process. weaving is the process of intersection of warp
( vertical thread group) and weft(horizontal thread group). Weaving is one process among other fabric manufacturing processes ( like knitting, nonwovens and off loom weaving) by which the fabric is made.
So loom can be of two types handloom(hand operated) and powerloom(automated) on which the fabric is made. The product of handloom is called handloom fabric.
Now comes to handicrafts, handicrafts are the products, made by hand often with the use of simple tools. These includes the object of utility and objects of decoration.
In a broad way these handicraft items includes textile based craft, ceramic, pottery, leather, glass, wall paintings.
Now if we divides the textiles based handicraft into different categories then you will see that these categories are :
• Handloom woven fabrics
• Hand painted fabrics
• Hand printed and dyed fabrics
• Hand embroidered fabrics
So here you can see that handloom products are also the part of the handicraft items because it is made by hand. For example pochampally ikkat , patan patola and kullu shawls are handloom products but also considered as textile handicraft.