Fancraft

Synonyms:	Fannish Crafts
See also:	fanart, fannish dolls, fannish clothing, Fannish Embroidery, fannish knitting, fannish crochet, Fan Merch
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Tolkien-inspired tea set by Marsupial Pudding

Fancraft or fannish crafts is an umbrella term that can refer to various types of fanworks which result in a physical object, such as fannish knitting, fannish dolls, fannish crochet, fannish embroidery, fannish jewelry and fannish ceramics.

Some fans sell their crafts at conventions, usually by participating in Artist Alley. Online platforms such as Etsy are also a popular place to buy and sell fan crafts.

Types

Based on Deviantart's breakdown of the craft category:

• Basketry & Weavings
• Bookmarks
• Ceramics, Pottery & Clay
• Costumery
  • Cosplay
  • Fannish Clothing
• Culinary Arts
  • Food Art
  • Pumpkin Carving
• Dioramas
• Dolls, Plushies & Custom Toys
  • Amigurumi
  • Customized Toys
  • Plushies
• Folding & Papercraft
  • Binding (fanzines)
  • Bookbinding & Bookmaking
  • Cubeecraft
  • Models
  • Origami
  • Papercutting & Scherenschnitte
  • Paper Dolls
  • Stationery
• Glass
  • Stained Glass
• Jewelry
• Leatherwork
• Metal Work
• Miniatures
• Model Building
• Needlework
  • Crochet
  • Cross Stitch
  • Embroidery
  • Knitting
  • Needlefelting
• Woodworking
• Other
  • Buttons

Examples

• It figures: Trek-it-yourself customising recipes by Ian McLean (Action figures of Star Trek characters)
• My little friend Squog by jardindelanuit, an amigurumi based on the Unsounded webcomic
• A nug amigurumi from Dragon Age by Littlest_Sun
• this is what obsession looks like, a Valerian and Laureline embroidery by cassatine (and-then-bam-cassiopeia)
• Tea set (Tolkien-inspired) by Marsupial Pudding
• Snowed In Since 1997 embroidery (Hanson-inspired) by Jesi Anderson
• The Banner of the Vicomte, a sewn Dragon Age project by riven-cosplay
• A pop-up book centered on K/S by stan-elma

Archives and Communities

• Artsy Fansons
• Fandom in Stitches
• FanStitch
• GeekStitch
• IMadeAThing on Dreamwidth
• Artisan Crafts category on Deviantart

Further Reading

• Beyond souvenirs: Making fannish items by hand Bode, Dana Sterling. 2014. "Beyond Souvenirs: Making Fannish Items by Hand" [interview]. In "Materiality and Object-Oriented Fandom," edited by Bob Rehak, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 16. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0548.