"handwork" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that refers to work that is done by hand, such as sewing, carpentry, and farming. For example: "We are proud of the handwork that went into making our product."
Compact, if conceptually substantial, it opens with a couple of 19th-century vases that embody the Arts and Crafts ethic of investing utilitarian objects with value through handwork and refined, nature-inspired imagery.
Mechanization began with human-operated machines to replace the handwork of craftspeople; today computers are frequently used to control mechanized processes.
Taxco is primarily known for its fine silver handwork and other crafts, being recognized as the outstanding centre for silverwork in the Western Hemisphere; the ancient craft was revived there in the 1930s by a U.S. resident, William Spratling.
These procedures required considerable handwork and resulted in one-of-a-kind prints that in their softening effects resembled etchings or lithographs rather than photographs.
The marketing centre for the surrounding agricultural region, it exports almonds and oranges, as well as handwork in metal, wood, and amber.
Cygnaeus centred his curriculum on handwork, drawing from Froebel's idea of introducing such activities as paper folding, weaving, needlework, and work with sand, clay, and colour in the kindergarten; but he extended the concept to include farm work, gardening, metal- and wood-work, and basket weaving collectively known as veisto, or sloyd, from Swedish slöjd (for "handiwork," or manual training).
Photocomposition (composing of printed matter by photographic means rather than by hand), coupled with offset printing technique, obviated much of the handwork of the earlier methods, improved working speeds, and prevented costs from rising as steeply as they would otherwise have done.
It was a do-it-yourself hobby at a moment when doing things yourself was newly appreciated as a declaration of self-sufficiency, a celebration of handwork, and a push-back from a numbing and disconnected big-box life.
The ants were stitches, perfectly uniform yet mysteriously alive, as only the finest handwork can be.
Two forty-five-minute periods followed, one for English and one for handwork, which for the third grade meant knitting.
They reminisced about the old days when there was more handwork, and greater care taken with signs than today.
