Craftsman may refer to:
A profession
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Artisan
An artisan (from french: artisan, it, artigiano) 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 ...
, a skilled manual worker who makes items that may be functional or strictly decorative
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Master craftsman
Historically, a master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. The title survives as the highest professional qualification in craft industries.
In the European guild system, only mas ...
, an artisan who has achieved such a standard that he may establish his own workshop and take on apprentices
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Tradesman
A tradesman, tradeswoman, or tradesperson is a skilled worker that specializes in a particular trade (occupation or field of work). Tradesmen usually have work experience, on-the-job training, and often formal vocational education in contrast to ...
, a worker specialising in an occupation that requires work experience, on-the-job training or vocational education, but not a degree and is not necessarily restricted to manual work
*Craftsman, a military rank within the
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME ) is a corps of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses. The corps is described as the "British Army's Professional Engineers".
History
Prior to REME's for ...
, equivalent to a private
Arts, media, and entertainment
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American Craftsman
American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...
, an American domestic architectural and interior design style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement
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''Craftsman'' (album), a 1995 album by Guy Clark
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''The Craftsman'' (book), a 2008 book by Richard Sennett
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''The Craftsman'' (newspaper), an 18th-century British newspaper
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''The Craftsman'' (magazine), a 20th-century American magazine of furniture and architectural style begun by Gustav Stickley
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Craftsman Magazine
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Craftsman Magazine is UK based publication for professional craftspeople and hobbyists wanting to sell their work. With a focus primarily on selling through Craft Fairs and Trade Fairs in Britain. It was launched in 1983. The ...
'', a magazine published in the UK from 1983 to 2007
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''The Craftsman'' (TV), a documentary about Blue Ox Millworks on the Magnolia Network / Discovery Plus Channel
Brands and companies
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Craftsman (tools)
Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear. Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.
As with all Sears products, Craftsman tools were not manufactured by Sear ...
, a brand of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear formerly controlled by Sears Holdings, now owned by Black and Decker, Inc.
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Craftsman Book Company
Craftsman Book Company of America, Inc. is a U.S. publisher with a comprehensive range of technical references for construction professionals.
Locations
Craftsman Book Co.'s office is located in Carlsbad, CA
Carlsbad is a coastal city in the ...
, publisher of technical references for construction professionals
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Craftsman furniture
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"Craftsman furniture" refers to the Arts and Crafts Movement style furniture of Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshops.
History
Stickley began making American Craftsman
American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, ins ...
, the Arts and Crafts Movement style furniture of Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshops
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Craft
A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale prod ...
, the profession of a craftsman
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Craft production
Craft production is manufacturing by hand, with or without the aid of tools. The term "craft production" describes manufacturing techniques that are used in handicraft trades. They were the common methods of manufacture in the pre-industrialized ...
, the manufacturing process
*Craftsman Truck Series, the sponsor name of the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
from 1996 through 2008
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Demiurge
In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge () is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. The Gnostics adopted the term ''demiurge''. Al ...
, or rational craftsman, a philosophical concept for an artisan-like figure responsible for the fashioning and maintenance of the physical universe
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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 one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
, the product of a craftsman
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Craftsmanship Workmanship is a human attribute relating to knowledge and skill at performing a task. Workmanship is also a quality imparted to a product. The type of work may include the creation of handcrafts, art, writing, machinery and other products.
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, the degree of quality exhibited by a handicraft (or a measure of how well-made or intricate the handicraft is)
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