handiwork

From Middle English hondywerk, handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”). Equivalent to hand +‎ work, though it may now reinterpreted as handy (“skilful”) + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk.

handiwork (usually uncountable, plural handiworks)

Work done by the hands.
A handmade object; a handicraft.
The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.
Work done personally.
The street names are the handiwork of city planners.
- 1901, Bible (American Standard) - Psalms 19:1
  The firmament showeth his handiwork.
The result of personal efforts.
- 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 163:
  Brunel's associations with the area have left a few examples of his handiwork or teaching in South Wales.
- 2004 Fall, Laurence Claus, “The Antidiscrimination Eighth Amendment”, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, volume 28, number 1, pages 119–168:
  As a primary architect of the draft Constitution that emerged from Philadelphia in 1787, Madison substantially bore the burden of defending his handiwork in his home state.

work done by the hands

handmade object; handicraft — see also handicraft

the result of personal efforts