Crafting

The practice of making objects by hand using traditional techniques, materials, and tools. In accessibility research, crafting—including weaving, knitting, woodworking, and pottery—represents a form of making distinct from high-tech fabrication (3D printing, laser cutting). Crafting often emphasizes the value of the process itself, not just the finished product, making accessible craft technologies particularly challenging to design since they must support skill-building and aesthetic experience without over-automating the manual work that crafters value.