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Artisan

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An artisan (from artisan, artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand that may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative arts, sculptures, clothing, jewellery, food items, household items and tools or even mechanisms such as the handmade clockwork movement of a watchmaker. [1]

63 relations: Advertising, Agora, Ancient Greece, Applied arts, Apprenticeship, Aptitude, Artisan cheese, Artisanal food, Artisanal mining, Artist, Arts and Crafts movement, Beauty, Blacksmith, Bladesmith, Bread, Buzzword, Caste, Clothing, Cooper (profession), Craft, Decorative arts, Drink, Dye, Factory, Final good, Fur clothing, Furniture, Goldsmith, Guild, Gunsmith, Handicraft, Hatmaking, Industrial Revolution, Jewellery, Joiner, Journeyman, Lock (security device), Mail (armour), Manual labour, Marketing, Master craftsman, Mechanical watch, Mechanization, Middle Ages, Nail (fastener), Pastoral, Pottery, Pride, Rope, Rural area, ..., Saddle, Sculpture, Shoemaking, Skilled worker, Stonemasonry, Tailor, Tarkhan (Punjab), Tokonoma, Tool, Tradesman, Watchmaker, Weaving, Wheelwright. Expand index (13 more) »

Advertising

Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.

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Agora

The agora (ἀγορά agorá) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Applied arts

The applied arts are the application of design and decoration to everyday objects to make them aesthetically pleasing.

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Apprenticeship

An apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Aptitude

An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level.

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Artisan cheese

Artisanal cheese refers to cheeses produced by hand using the traditional craftsmanship of skilled cheesemakers.

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Artisanal food

Artisanal food encompasses breads, cheeses, fruit preserves, cured meats, beverages, oils, and vinegars that are made by hand using traditional methods by skilled craftworkers, known as food artisans.

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Artisanal mining

Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) is emerging as an important socio-economic sector for the rural poor in many developing nations.

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Artist

An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art.

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Arts and Crafts movement

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920, emerging in Japan (the Mingei movement) in the 1920s.

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Beauty

Beauty is a characteristic of an animal, idea, object, person or place that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. whitesmith).

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Bladesmith

Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools.

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Bread

Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking.

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Buzzword

A buzzword is a word or phrase, new or already existing, that becomes very popular for a period of time.

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Caste

Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes and attire) is a collective term for garments, items worn on the body.

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Cooper (profession)

A cooper is a person trained to make wooden barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs and other staved containers, from timber that was usually heated or steamed to make it pliable.

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Craft

A craft or trade is a pastime or a profession that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work.

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Decorative arts

The decorative arts are arts or crafts concerned with the design and manufacture of beautiful objects that are also functional.

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Drink

A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption.

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Dye

A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied.

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Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.

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Final good

In economics, any commodity which is produced and subsequently consumed by the consumer, to satisfy his current wants or needs, is a consumer good or final good.

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Fur clothing

Fur clothing is clothing made of furry animal hides.

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Furniture

Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., chairs, stools, and sofas), eating (tables), and sleeping (e.g., beds).

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Goldsmith

A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area.

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Gunsmith

A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns.

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Handicraft

A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools.

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Hatmaking

Hatmaking or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and head-wear.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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Jewellery

Jewellery (British English) or jewelry (American English)see American and British spelling differences consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks.

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Joiner

A joiner is an artisan who builds things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter, including furniture and the "fittings" of a house, ship, etc.

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Journeyman

A journeyman is a skilled worker who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification in a building trade or craft.

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Lock (security device)

A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token, coin etc.), by supplying secret information (such as a keycode or password), or by a combination thereof.

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Mail (armour)

Mail or maille (also chain mail(le) or chainmail(le)) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

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Manual labour

Manual labour (in British English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by people, most especially in contrast to that done by machines, and to that done by working animals.

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Marketing

Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships.

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Master craftsman

A master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild.

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Mechanical watch

A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to modern quartz watches which function electronically.

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Mechanization

Mechanization or mechanisation (British English) is the process of changing from working largely or exclusively by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Nail (fastener)

In woodworking and construction, a nail is a pin-shaped object of metal (or wood, called a tree nail or "trunnel") which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a decoration.

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Pastoral

A pastoral lifestyle (see pastoralism) is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture.

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Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic material which makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.

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Pride

Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two antithetical meanings.

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Rope

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibers or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Saddle

The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Shoemaking

Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.

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Skilled worker

A skilled worker is any worker who has special skill, training, knowledge, and (usually acquired) ability in their work.

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Stonemasonry

The craft of stonemasonry (or stonecraft) involves creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth, and is one of the oldest trades in human history.

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Tailor

A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

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Tarkhan (Punjab)

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Tokonoma

, or simply toko (床), is a built-in recessed space in a Japanese style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed.

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Tool

A tool is any physical item that can be used to achieve a goal, especially if the item is not consumed in the process.

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Tradesman

A tradesman, tradesperson, tradie or skilled tradesman refers to a worker who specializes in a particular occupation that requires work experience, on-the-job training, and often formal vocational education, but often not a bachelor's degree.

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Watchmaker

A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches.

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Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

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Wheelwright

A wheelwright is a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artisan

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