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Crafts SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Ancient Rome
p.20

A craft is something done by hand, often with a lot of skill. ▸ ▸ Art p.28
People have always used natural and artificial materials, ▸ ▸ Books p.44
such as clay or glass, to make things. Craft objects can ▸ ▸ Clothing

be for everyday use, such as plates for eating, or for pp.62–63
decoration, such as jewelry. ▸ ▸ Inventions
pp.136–137

Pottery
Potters use clay from the ground to
make things such as plates, bowls, Glass
cups, and vases. They shape the clay, Roman
then put it in a special oven called a kiln jug
to heat it up and make it hard.

African
wooden
figure

Glasswork
When sand is heated
to a very high
temperature, it
becomes liquid glass.
Woodcarving This can be shaped
Woodworkers shape and cooled into solid
wood into different objects such as jugs.
things. They can make
furniture, bowls, and other Beads are made
useful or decorative items. in different sizes
and shapes.

Native American woven rug

Red terra-
cotta
clay Beading
Ancient Egyptian vase Materials such as glass
Weaving can be made into beads.
Weavers bring together wool, Beads can be threaded
Ancient Middle-Eastern beads
silk, or cotton threads to make onto string to make
material. This can be used for jewelry, or sewn
many things, such as clothes, onto clothing.
rugs, and wall decorations.

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