Ceramics
Ceramic production, forming, glazing, firing and related studio practice.
Skills & taxonomy
A structured language for craft skills.
CraftID uses a growing taxonomy to describe craft disciplines, professions and practical skills in a consistent way while preserving room for local craft traditions and specialist practice.
Structure
Core craft domains
The taxonomy starts with broad craft domains and expands through professions, practical skills and specialist terms. These domains are navigation anchors, not the final classification system.
Wood
Woodcraft, joinery, furniture making, carving and workshop production.
Textiles
Textile making, weaving, embroidery, sewing and related craft techniques.
Metal
Metal craft, fabrication, smithing and specialist finishing techniques.
Glass
Glass craft, forming, finishing and studio production.
Jewellery
Jewellery making, small-scale metalwork and related specialist techniques.
Restoration
Repair, conservation and restoration practice across relevant materials.
Stone
Stone craft, carving, finishing and related material practice.
Leather
Leather craft, construction, finishing and repair.
Other
A controlled route for practices not yet represented in the core taxonomy.
Interoperability
European interoperability by design
Taxonomy identifiers remain locale-independent so labels can be translated without changing the underlying data. Future alignment may reference relevant European skills and credential frameworks where useful, without making CraftID dependent on a single external system.
Context
Skills are not the same as traditions
CraftID keeps practical skills, professions, geographic origin and craft traditions as distinct concepts. This reduces ambiguity and allows a record to describe both professional competence and cultural context without conflating them.