Natural Materials

A natural material is any product or physical matter that comes from plants, animals, or the ground. Minerals and the metals that can be extracted from them (without further modification) are also considered to belong into this category. Types include:

• Biotic materials
  • Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark etc.)
  • Natural fibers (wool, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, etc.)
• Inorganic material
  • Stone (flint, granite, obsidian, sandstone, sand, gems, glass, etc.)
  • Native metal (copper, bronze, iron, gold, silver, etc.)
  • Composites (clay, porcelain, plasticine, etc.)
• Other natural materials.
  • Soil