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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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During her 2003 visit to Israel and the occupied territories, Petter had engaged in such subversive activities as taking pictures, talking to Palestinians in the destroyed Jenin refugee camp and elsewhere, seeking ways to support craftswomen with fair-trade agreements, and participating in nonviolent demonstrations against Israel's apartheid wall.
In many areas such craftsmen and craftswomen lived apart from the rest of the population in isolated communities, often at the edge of the main settlement or at the foot or sides of deep ravines.
This also fits with the collective character of his sculptures' production: The closely meshed assemblages of fabric were made under Neto's supervision by the craftswomen of the Coopa-Roca (Cooperativa de Trabalho Artesanal e de Costura da Rosinha) in a favela near Rio.
 
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