Greek folk art has a long tradition spanning over 3,000 years and constitutes an important part of Greece's cultural heritage. It includes various handicrafts such as weaving, embroidery, pottery, metalwork, and wickerwork which were an essential part of everyday life. These handicrafts expressed the social conscience and aesthetics of ordinary Greek people. While some crafts like weaving and embroidery were highly practiced in the past, other crafts like wickerwork and leatherworking require great skill and are less common today, though efforts are being made to preserve Greece's folk art traditions.