Craftsmanship used to be the origin of the production of goods ever since the existence of human life. Any natural material used to be manipulated manually and made into an object of use, be it adobe for house building, timber beams for furniture making or linen yarn for cloth fabrication. The type of material remained the same, however the way of manipulation has changed strongly over the centuries. Mechanisation and industrialization have moved manual production away from the hands, towards machines. In Europe, craftsmanship played a major role in the economy until the industrialisation. Dating back to medieval times, the acquisition of a certain craft used to be taught in craft schools in which apprentices gained knowledge of the manipulation of different materials. Masons, carpenters, sculptures, weavers etc. were each consolidated in guilds that promoted the respective craft. Today, craftsmanship has almost been fully replaced by industrial mass production. Also, the education of traditional craftsmanship has almost completely disappeared from European culture. Mechanisation, however, has led to mass production of goods which in turn has become the cause of environmental damage, both on nature and on humans. Considering the effects of the industry on the wellbeing of the planet, craftsmanship has started to be reconsidered in many different fields of production. The statement “less is more” has become much more than the modernist desire for minimalism in architecture * - it has become a statement against mass production and a plea for a sustainable fabrication of goods. Today’s handmade production has the potential to bring about a smaller quantity with a better quality and strongly reduce the negative impact on the environment. Craftsmanship therefore needs to be given a new platform in the European culture, a platform that promotes the education and exertion of the traditional practice in a modern society. This research deals with the re-introduction and re-interpretation of crafts in the 21rst century in the Dutch context. Focussing on the crafts of textile it explores the specifics of textile production and proposes the conceptual framework of a school for textile craftsmanship in the city of Delft.