Currently viable crafts
Crafts classified as ‘currently viable’ are those which are in a healthy state and have sufficient craftspeople to transmit the craft skills to the next generation. They may include crafts with a large market share, widely popular crafts, or crafts with a strong local presence. NB. A classification of ‘currently viable’ does not mean that the craft is risk-free or without issues affecting its future sustainability/viability. Click here to see a list of currently endangered crafts.
- Armour and helmet making
- Automata making
- Bagpipe making
- Basketmaking
- Blacksmithing
- Boat building
- Bookbinding
- Bow making
- Bowyery
- Button making
- Cabinetmaking
- Calligraphy
- Car manufacturing
- Carpentry
- Carpet and rug weaving
- Ceramics and pottery
- Chair making
- Charcoal burning
- Cob building
- Coopering (spirits)
- Coppersmithing (stills)
- Coppice working
- Coracle making
- Crochet
- Drum making
- Dry stone walling
- Dyeing
- Edge tool making
- Embroidery
- Farriery
- Felting
- Fender making
- Fletching
- Flintknapping (objects)
- Fly dressing
- Founding (ferrous metals)
- Founding (non-ferrous metals)
- Furniture making
- Glass engraving
- Glassworking
- Glove making
- Goldsmithing
- Gunmaking
- Hand engraving
- Handle making
- Harris Tweed weaving
- Hedgelaying
- Jewellery making
- Joinery
- Keyboard instrument making
- Knife making
- Knitting
- Lace making
- Leatherworking
- Marquetry
- Medal making
- Metal spinning
- Millinery
- Net making
- Organ building
- Orkney chair making
- Papermaking
- Patchwork and quilting
- Pewter working
- Pole lathe turning
- Puppet making
- Rag rugging
- Rocking horse making
- Rope making
- Saddlery
- Shoe and boot making
- Signwriting
- Silversmithing
- Spinning
- Spoon carving
- Stained glass and glass painting
- Stick dressing
- Stone carving
- Stonemasonry
- Stringed instrument making
- Tailoring
- Tanning
- Tapestry weaving
- Thatching
- Tile making (roofing tiles)
- Timber framing
- Tinsmithing
- Toy making
- Upholstery and soft furnishings
- Weaving
- Wheelwrighting
- Wood carving
- Wood turning
