Most of us fancy that we can make something beautiful and there are innumerable ways in which we have celebrated human creativity.
The desire for decoration, the necessity of skills and expertise led to the creation of artisan guilds, the training of apprentices and the establishment of small businesses in urban centres.
And while the industrial revolution made it easier and cheaper to produce items in large numbers, it certainly led to the loss of specialised craft skills and perhaps also removed the personal satisfaction of being creative.
We are perhaps in a renaissance of craft and individual creativity, and it's no longer just your nanna who knits!
Carol Duncan spoke with Richard Seddon, the show manager of the Stitches and Craft Show, and discovered his own desire to create has him making chain mail.
There are over 80 exhibitors at the show sharing experience and information, many different craft materials for purchase and the exhibition of some truly wonderful works varying from purely practical to art objects.
The Newcastle Stitches and Craft Show is open at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre until Sunday 14 September.
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