Center for Craft Materials Collection
The Center for Craft Materials Collection is a growing repository of more than 150 materials used in craft. Created as a resource for makers, it emphasizes artists’ relationships with a range of mediums—from clay, wood, glass, fiber, and metal to bio-based alternatives.
157 of 157 materials
3D-Printed Ceramic — ArtifactMineral and Clay
ALGAE INK™ — Standard ScreenBio-Based- Abaca FiberFiber
Acrylic (Plexiglas) — Cast SheetSynthetic
Agar — PowderBio-Based
Animated Linen — HandwovenFiber
Ash — Wood SampleWood
Bamboo ViscoseFiber
Bananatex® FiberFiber
Barium CarbonateMineral and Clay
Batch — PowderGlass
BioLeatherFiber
Bioglass — Cast TileGlass
Black Walnut — Wood SampleWood
Blue ClayMineral and Clay
Bombyx Silk — MulberryFiber- Braided Cotton CordsFiber
BrassMetal
Bread Waste CompositeBio-Based
Butternut — Wood Sample, Mini LogsWood
Butternut Tree BarkWood- Cane StrandsFiber
Cane Webbing — Machine WovenFiber
Checkerspot® Cast Bio-PolyurethaneBio-Based
Checkerspot® Rigid BiofoamBio-Based
Cherry — Wood SampleWood
Chestnut — Wood SampleWood
Chrome-Tanned Bison Leather — American Bison HideFiber
Conductive Wool Yarn — Red, Supercoil, Exposed SectionsFiber
Conductive Wool Yarn — White, Core-SpunFiber
Coopworth Wool — Teeswater x Gotland SheepFiber
Copper — Fragments, PunctuatedMetal
Copper Conductive Thread — High-Flex 4355 Kupfer BlankFiber- Cordon RushFiber
Corn Beads — Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's Tears)Fiber- Corn ShucksFiber
Cotton LinterFiber
Cotton Yarn — Undyed, 4-ply Fingering WeightFiber
Counter EnamelGlass
Crustacean Chitosan Textile — TômTex Series WSFiber
Cruz BiofoamBio-Based
CulletGlass
Danish CordFiber
Dark Star 10 Clay — Dry Clay BodyMineral and Clay
Dark Star 10 Clay — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
EVA FoamSynthetic
East Fork Red Clay — Dry Clay BodyMineral and Clay
East Fork Red Clay — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
Extruded Biofoam — StringBio-Based- Extruded Polystyrene FoamSynthetic
Fiber Fill — GrayFiber
Fiber Fill — RedFiber
Fiber Optics — Liquid Glycerol CoreSynthetic
Fiber Optics — Side GlowSynthetic
Fiber Rush — Paper FiberFiber
Flax FiberFiber
Foam CoreSynthetic
Gelatin BiofibersBio-Based
Gerstley Borate — Fired SampleMineral and Clay
Glass CaneGlass
Glass EnamelGlass
Glass Frit — Various ColorsGlass
Glass MirrorGlass
Glass StringersGlass
Glaze SamplesMineral and Clay
Gray ClayMineral and Clay
Hand-Molded Plastic — InstamorphSynthetic
Hemp & Algae FilmsBio-Based
HempWood® Lumber — Live-SawnWood
HempWood® Lumber — Rift-SawnWood
HempWood® Veneer Panel — Rift FacesWood
Hempitecture FiberPadFiber
Hempitecture HempWoolFiber
Hickory — Wood SampleWood
Hickory SplintsWood
Honeysuckle VineFiber
Kelsun™ Seaweed Textile — Basket WeaveFiber
Kelsun™ Seaweed Textile — Jersey KnitFiber
Kudzu FiberFiber
Kudzu Vine — FermentedFiber
Maple — Wood SampleWood
Marble Recycled PlasticSynthetic
Metal Waste Ceramic Glazed Tile — Metal Waste is BlissMineral and Clay
Milk PaintBio-Based
Millefiori — Glass ChipsGlass
Molded BiofoamBio-Based
Musa Basjoo Pseudo-Stems — BananaFiber
Mushroom Chitosan Leather — TômTex Series MFiber
Nettle FiberFiber
New Catawba 10 Clay — Dry Clay BodyMineral and Clay
New Catawba 10 Clay — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
Northern Red Oak — Wood SampleWood
OM4 Ball Clay — Dry Clay BodyMineral and Clay
OM4 Ball Clay — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
Oat StrawFiber
Okeewemee 10 Clay — Dry Clay BodyMineral and Clay
Okeewemee 10 Clay — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
Okra Fiber — FermentedFiber
Oriented Strand BoardWood
PLA Dinosaurs — Polylactic Acid (PLA) Filament, 3D-PrintedBio-Based
Plantain & Coffee Waste CompositeBio-Based
PlywoodWood
Pocket Stretch Sensor — Knitted Mock RibFiber
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) CapBio-Based
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) PelletsBio-Based
Pounded Ash SplintsWood- Pre-Twisted Natural RushFiber
Rattan ReedFiber
Recycled Plastic JoinerySynthetic
Red ClayMineral and Clay
Red Leaf Cotton Fiber — Red Leaf CottonFiber
Regenerative CottonFiber
Regenerative Cotton Swatch — American Fleece (PM41)Fiber
Regenerative Cotton Swatch — Diagonal Fleece (PM36)Fiber
Regenerative Cotton Swatch — Interlock Knit (PM38)Fiber
Regenerative Cotton Swatch — Jersey Knit (PM35)Fiber
Regenerative Cotton Swatch — Rib 2x1 (PM41)Fiber
Regenerative Cotton Swatch — Rib (PM40)Fiber- Reslin Eco GlittersMineral and Clay
- Reslin Glass BeadsGlass
Reslin® — Plant-Based ResinBio-Based
RivercaneFiber
Rivercane SplintsFiber- Round Leather CordFiber
Savian — Plant-Based FurFiber
Seaweed Paper Pulp — Molded PackagingBio-Based
Seaweed Paperboard Packaging — Folder-lid BoxBio-Based
Shaker TapeSynthetic
Shellf Life Hard Shell — 4" Round, Blue — Mussel shells, North Kingstown, RIBio-Based- Shellf Life Hard Shell — 4" Round, Blush — Slipper shells, Barrington, RIBio-Based
Shellf Life Hard Shell — 6" Round, Cream — Oyster shells, Matunuck, RIBio-Based
Siberian Iris LeavesFiber
Silicone Supercoil — White, SupercoilFiber
Silver Conductive Thread — High-Flex 3981 SliberFiber- Soda Lime Glass — PowderGlass
SteelMetal
StoneRoxxMineral and Clay
Supercoil — Exposed LeadsFiber
Thermochromic Pigment — Yellow, PowderSynthetic
Tulip Poplar Fiber — Inner bark, FermentedFiber
Tussah SilkFiber- Twisted SeagrassFiber
- Upcycled MaterialsFiber
Vegetable-Tanned Cowhide Leather — CowhideFiber
White ClayMineral and Clay
White Oak — Wood SampleWood- White Oak Splints — Undyed, Bloodroot-Dyed, Walnut-DyedWood
Wild Dug Clay — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
Wild Porcelain — Fired SlabMineral and Clay
Wood Waste CompositeBio-Based
Wool — Naturally Dyed, GoldFiber
Wool — Naturally Dyed, OliveFiber
Wool — UndyedFiber
Yellow ClayMineral and Clay
Yellow Pine — Wood SampleWood
bio.bead.fruits — Mo.Na. GemsBio-Based
bio.bead.set — Mo.Na. GemsBio-Based