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craftsman
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craftsman
1. a member of a skilled trade; someone who practises a craft; artisan
2. an artist skilled in the techniques of an art or craft


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The craftsmanlike character of his piecework prose (which he attributes, in part, to his earlier apprenticeship as a bricklayer) dares his readership to take him seriously, because he is serious.
In addition to Christopher Wheeldon's new and fascinating Corybantic Ecstasies, it also included the world premiere of Daniel Pelzig's craftsmanlike, company-useful, and vividly, vibrantly danced Bachianas, set to Villa-Lobos, and the company premiere of Jean Cocteau and Roland Petit's 1946 existential shocker, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort.
This deep-rooted tradition of craftsmanlike, straightforward and honest use of materials coupled with an intimate knowledge of their various natures and properties resulted in manufactures which Bernard Leach aptly described as having been 'born not made'.
 
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