美国的工艺美术教育可以说从小学就开始。这跟他们的教育方针有关。他们注意应用,注重个人的表现,鼓励孩子的个人创作。我的儿子小学时,常拿回家他们在学校做的“艺术”成品。譬如陶制笔筒,碗,小木板凳,毛线织成的盘垫,蚀刻画,蜡烛,火柴棒做的小房子,线和钉子做成的墙上装饰物,还有很多叫不出名堂的“创作品”。这些东西虽构形笨拙,配色也大有商榷的余地,但是,因 The arts and crafts education in the United States can be said to begin with primary school. This is related to their educational policy. They pay attention to the application, pay attention to individual performance, encourage children’s personal creation. My son elementary school, often get home what they do in school “art” finished. For example, pottery pencils, bowls, small wooden benches, braid woven mat, etched paintings, candles, match sticks made of small houses, lines and nails made of wall decorations, there are many unspeakable “Chong works”. Although these things clumsy configuration, color is open to question, however, because