Craft "crafts" is often used to describe the family of artistic practices within the family decorative arts that traditionally are defined by their relationship to functional or utilitarian products (such as sculptural forms in the vessel tradition) or by their use of such natural media as wood, clay, ceramics, glass, textiles, and metal. Crafts practiced by independent artists working alone or in small groups are often referred to as studio craft. Studio craft includes studio pottery, metal work, weaving, wood turning, paper and other forms of wood working, glass blowing, and glass art. A craft fair is an organized event to
Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa The FATACIL (), the "Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa", occurs annually (since 1980) for 10 days in August in the "Parque de Feiras e Exposições" ("Fair and Exhibition Grounds") in Algarvan city of Lagoa (Algarve). The fair is attended each year by thousands of visitors from all parts of the country (the last few years the attendance has been about 180,000), not only because of their interest in promoting traditional arts and crafts which are on the edge of extinction, but also for the shows which occur