> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: > Reference:: https://formkraft.dk/en/can-crafts-and-craftsmanship-improve-our-health/ > Date:: 2025 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Psychological value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft improves well-being]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > The MAKER project intends to demonstrate the health value of craft. Craft and handicraft activities like knitting, pottery and sewing can reduce stress and improve mood, presence, and social well-being. Research and a new MAKER project aim to develop a tool to measure these positive health effects based on participants’ experiences. Documenting benefits could strengthen use of crafts in health care and community life. > in 1962, occupational therapist Mary Reilly formulated the therapeutic potential of manual activity as follows: > *‘that through the use of their hands, driven by mind and will, people can influence their own health*’ (1). > > there are still no proven tools for measuring the importance of crafts and handicrafts for health and well-being. > > The MAKER project aims to develop a measurement tool that can illuminate and quantify the perceived health effects of interventions based on crafts and handicrafts.