We have been able to have a look into the past and how the influence of women in various cultures were able to represent their own traditions through the use of popular crafts and art forms.
Even though technology has highly evolved from recent years, the term craft is still referred to as activities that involve some sort of skill, or a dedication to a specific object and tradition.
As also each culture in the world has a different idea of tradition, they still remain true to the idea of craft.
Womens rights around the world are also an important factor of their craft skill.
When women live in countries with very little input about the workplace and they are to stay and work in the home , they often have a more traditional skill for crafts or art.
They only know the skill that their own mothers or grandmothers taught them for married life.
In countries where women are thought to be equal, their craft skill is more appreciated and they are able to show their talents in the work force.
In traditional Asia, the primary influence of woman is to tend the flock and take care of the home.
Most of their daily activities involve the craft that so many of the women before them knew, but their activities are not granted with pay or recognition due to the fact that the men believed that it is her duty.
In India, the role for the woman is slightly more advanced. The area is less traditional in the means that the woman should stay home and tend to the house.
However, the woman is usually thought to still take part in traditional crafts, such as making saris or clothing wraps.
Women in the Americas, the widespread of an art or craft is passed down from one person to another in ways much differently than in other countries.
While in small villages across the world, women are teaching their skills to their daughters to use during their marriage, the women in America are learning a skill to advance their place in society.
In the Pacific region women were the traditional pottery makers or basket weavers, now, because of the influence of women in the craft, the men are now assisting and learning the technique from them.
Women have also taken on an opposite role. While in previous years, the men were the mask carvers and the main tribal leadership roles, the women are now participating.
The Australian aboriginal women share an interdependent relationship with the men by being the person responsible for child rearing, food, healing, law making, painting, and performing.
The influence of women maintains the knowledge of traditions through various ceremonies and through their paintings and crafts.
In previous years, the women of Africa were not allowed to show or sell their artwork.
While the women are now able to venture out of the home and sell their crafts, their primary role is still to produce and raise children.
Due to this, much of the African art made by women has images of fertility or mother and child.
