Artisan
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"It is but recently that any opportunity has been afforded, through the medium of a public institution, for the improvement of our artisans in works of design; and little has hitherto been done in the way of publication to facilitate such improvement ; but a school having been established by authority for such purpose, it is to be hoped that such other aids will be supplied as will render them able to vie with our neighbours on the Continent, if not to surpass them in those branches of manufacture, in which, as regards embellishment, they have hitherto been considered as by no means able to stand forward as competitors."--The Principles of Design and Colour (1847) by Rudolph Ackermann |
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An artisan is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art, sculpture, clothing, food items, household items, and tools and mechanisms such as the handmade clockwork movement of a watchmaker. Artisans practice a craft and may through experience and aptitude reach the expressive levels of an artist.
See also
- Applied arts
- Artist
- Arts and Crafts movement
- Caste – Tarkhan
- Guild
- Handicraft
- Job security
- Tradesperson
