natural materials
Wood, stone, cotton
Natural materials are substances derived from plants, animals, or minerals rather than synthesized chemically: wood, cotton, wool, stone, leather.
The term often appears in contrast to synthetic or man-made materials: The designer uses only natural materials.
In construction and crafts, natural materials may be valued for sustainability, texture, or aesthetic warmth.
- jutePlant fiber for sacking
- wattle-and-daubWoven sticks covered in clay
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- river stoneWater-tumbled rock
- woodTree-derived building material
adobe · kapok · raw silk · leather · sea sponge · bamboo · palm frond · hemp · coir · flax · cob · sisal · granite · rammed earth · straw bale · shell · cork · terracotta
- craftsman styleoak furniture, settle, mortise and tenon, dovetail joints, simple lines
- green designgreen building, cradle-to-cradle, LEED, passive solar, daylighting
- Reggio Emiliaatelier, provocation, provocations, documentation, portfolios
- tea ceremonytea ceremony, tea master, tea bowl, tea room, matcha
- materialsmetal, metals, wood, ceramic, fabric
- rusticbarns, cabins, farmhouses, log cabins, hay bales
origin/manufacturing
natural materialssynthetic materials
Human-manufactured, non-natural substances
plastics · synthetics · polyester · nylon · synthetic fibers