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Encyclopedia > Artisan

An artisan, also called a craftsman,[1] is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.


Artisans were the dominant producers of goods before the Industrial Revolution. One of the sources of the word 'craftsmanship' is 'craftsman'. A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ...

A Cameroonian artisan at work
A Cameroonian artisan at work

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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (688x1000, 218 KB) A Bamun artisan at work in Foumban, West Province, Cameroon. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (688x1000, 218 KB) A Bamun artisan at work in Foumban, West Province, Cameroon. ...

Quilt Artisans

Quilt maker artisans are called quilters. These artisans are mostly women who make quilts especially in their houses. Quilt making is traditional folk art of south Asia. Their traditional quilts are called Ralli quilts. Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Artisan origins

According to Classical economics theory, the division of labour occurs with internal market development (Adam Smith). However, according to economist John Hicks, merchants and artisans originated as servants to the rulers, which occurred much earlier. Artisans make the products with the creative thinking and hardwork of their hands. Classical economics is widely regarded as the first modern school of economic thought. ... For other persons named Adam Smith, see Adam Smith (disambiguation). ... For other persons named John Hicks, see John Hicks (disambiguation). ... Merchants function as professional traders, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves. ... Servant has a number of meaning: A servant is another word for domestic worker, a person who is hired to provide regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. ... A ruler is an instrument used in geometry and technical drawing to measure short distances and/or to rule straight lines. ...


Artisan guilds

Main article: trade (profession)

In Europe during the Middle Ages artisans usually organised into guilds. Guilds were associations of master artisans that were granted charters by the local sovereign authority. The guilds controlled all aspects of production and distribution to ensure quality and to prevent competition from outside markets. Along with merchants, artisans occupied the middle tier of the European and Indian social hierarchy, below the landowning aristocrats and above the agricultural workers. In contrast, Japan's Edo period artisan class was ranked below the samurai and the agricultural workers, and above the merchants. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Artisan#Artisan guilds be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Artisan#Artisan guilds be merged into this article or section. ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Distribution is one of the four aspects of marketing. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... A hierarchy (in Greek: , it is derived from -hieros, sacred, and -arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element. ... Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Edo Period. ... Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ...


To become an artisan in the guilds, a person worked under a master artisan as an unpaid apprentice at a young age. If the apprentice completed the training, the apprentice became a paid journeyman. For a journeyman to become a master artisan, he would have to produce a masterpiece that met the standards of the guild. If youre looking for the TV show, see The Apprentice. ... // A journeyman is a tradesman or craftsman who has completed an apprenticeship but is not yet able to set up his or her own workshop as a master. ... Originally, the term masterpiece (or chef dœuvre) referred to a piece of handcrafted art produced by a journeyman aspiring to become a master craftsman in the old European guild system, which is partially retained today only in Germany. ...


Artisan jewelry

Artisan jewelry dates back as far as 7000 BC when gold and copper began to be sculpted to adorn the human form and the practice continues today. Although rarely price competitive with machine-made items, artisan handmade jewelry is prized for its uniqueness, variety and often unsurpassed beauty. Reflecting the talents of the artisan onto the wearer, the broad spectrum of artisan jewelry is available to provide satisfaction to queens, rock stars and "everyday folk." Numerous jewelry artisans exist around the globe. Some fine examples of artisan jewelry can be seen at: The Metropolitan Museum [1], J.Wakeman [2], Native Web [3], and Sif Sigli [4]. Handmade jewelry is that which is crafted by hand, just as jewelry has been since it was very first created by humans. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Proponents of feminist theory oppose the use of "-man" as a suffix in English, on the grounds that it is not gender neutral. This and similar concerns lead to the usage of craftswoman to indicate a female artisan, and limiting the usage of craftsman to male artisans. Other neologisms that have been coined for these reasons include craftspeople, craftworkers and craft workers.

This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. ... Suffix has meanings in linguistics, nomenclature and computer science. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Non-sexist language (gender-generic, gender-inclusive, gender-neutral, or sex-neutral language) is language that attempts to refer neither to males nor females when discussing an abstract or hypothetical person whose sex cannot otherwise be determined, as opposed to sexist language, which attempts to refer to males. ... A neologism (from Greek νεολογισμός νέος [neos] = new; λόγος [logos] = word) is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) — often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. ...

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Artisan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (347 words)
Artisans were the dominant producers of goods before the Industrial Revolution.
Artisan jewelry dates back as far as 7000 BC when gold and copper began to be sculpted to adorn the human form and the practice continues today.
Reflecting the talents of the artisan onto the wearer, the broad spectrum of artisan jewelry is available to provide satisfaction to queens, rock stars and “everyday folk.” Numerous jewelry artisans exist around the globe.
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Artisans are excitable, trust their impulses, want to make a splash, seek stimulation, prize freedom, and dream of mastering action skills.
Artisans are the temperament with a natural ability to excel in any of the arts, not only the fine arts such as painting and sculpting, or the performing arts such as music, theater, and dance, but also the athletic, military, political, mechanical, and industrial arts, as well as the "art of the deal" in business.
Artisans are most at home in the real world of solid objects that can be made and manipulated, and of real-life events that can be experienced in the here and now.
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