Crafts A-Z

Jewellery

People have been adorning their bodies with jewellery since they first began to wear clothes. Some pieces of jewellery, such as necklaces and bracelets, are fastened around the...

Pottery

Pottery is the name given to objects made from clay, such as bowls and plates, pots, cups, teapots and vases. Pottery is also the name of the craft of producing these objects in a...

Textile crafts

Sewing, embroidery, knitting, spinning, weaving and tapestry are all types of textile crafts—ways of working with fibrous materials to make useful and decorative things. People...

Toys

The earliest toys for children were often small versions of adult things. Children living in the Middle Ages played with toy hunting weapons and dolls to prepare them for their...