(n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dexter was a consummate theatrical craftsman and Lindsay was, in one form, a sort of poetic director.
(2) Isaiah 41:7 even manages to (sort of) cover two Premiership clubs: "The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil."
(3) With the enthusiasm of a master craftsman, Bobbitt explains how it was constructed.
(4) He makes his living as a master craftsman of scene and setting, for him to claim now that he wasn’t perfectly aware that his message was precisely ‘cops are murderers’ is ludicrous,” said Johnson.
(5) This is, of course, only once you have finished lapping up the exhaustive travel guides: 48 Hours In Venice implores you to "discover hidden gems and craftsman [sic]" in between aperitifs, which presumably you'll be much in need of after all that work layering statement necklaces.
(6) One local craftsman suggests that Erdogan's style of governing has become untenable for the country: "In Turkey , we now have the situation that one half of the country loves the prime minister unconditionally whereas the other half not only does not vote for him, but truly hates him.
(7) He was, and I'm sure still is, a proper craftsman.
(8) She has termed SF “a crazy, protean, left-handed monkey wrench”, a fictional tool that “can be put to any use the craftsman has in mind – satire, extrapolation, prediction, absurdity, exactitude, exaggeration, warning, message-carrying, tale-telling, whatever you like”.
(9) Stromayr, a master craftsman, also expresses his hostility to the shams and ignorance of the charlatan eye surgeons of his day.
(10) Isaiah 41:7 even manages to (sort of) cover two Premier League clubs: "The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil."
(11) In the course of history of anatomy the prosector (dissector, incisor, secant, sculptor, procurator) held total different positions: at first he acted as a manual craftsman (barber surgeon) and as teacher's assistant lacking any academic education (organized in fraternities or guilds).
(12) For everything it can mean this year, he is the songwriter to beat, a waltz-loving, George Harrison-quoting, profane craftsman who gets fan letters from Courtney Love and still beats up on himself.
(13) It is an amazing work of art which was built by a craftsman in Richmond.
(14) Months later, the painstaking removal of layers of paint and wallpaper revealed that an entire wall at the artist and craftsman's first married home was painted by his young friends who would become world-famous pre-Raphaelite artists.
(15) While the Dutch were selling single tulip bulbs for 10 times a craftsman's annual income, the British were panicking about their own economic crisis.
(16) On this basis, a more phenomenological view of alcoholism and alcoholism treatment is suggested as a way out of the schism between the craftsman and the professional, both of whom operate from within a linear, cause-effect mode of thinking.
(17) Occupations with at least twofold excess of mesotheliomas included the craftsman categories of plumbers, mechanics and repairmen, electricians, painters, tire makers, and stationary equipment operators.
(18) The patient, a home craftsman, acquired his infection from imported animal-origin yarn.
(19) As the craftsman returned, the diva made an understated exit.
(20) So within the strictures and confines of this very formal piece we detect a human presence, the Gawain poet, a disciplined craftsman who also liked to run risks and take liberties.
Craftsmanship
Definition:
(n.) The work of a craftsman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adly in particular, he said, was highly respected in Misrata for his craftsmanship.
(2) It was hard not to think of a world of Duchy Original buildings nurtured in the flowerbeds of Highgrove and fed with organic concepts and craftsmanship.
(3) This decision shows that, with a stable and solid business environment, Slovakia is an attractive place for investors, and the marriage of Slovak craftsmanship and British engineering holds great promise.
(4) The craftsmanship reminds me of Lisbon's pavements, except it's too perfect.
(5) Although Unesco is best known for designating world heritage sites such as the Great Wall of China, the agency also recommends safeguarding the intangible heritage represented by traditions and oral expressions, rituals and festive events, traditional craftsmanship, music, dances and traditional performing arts.
(6) As well as reality orientation, guided social interaction, physical activity, dance therapy and craftsmanship, important elements include transport, home assessment and follow-up visits.
(7) While fashion has never been an industry to fret about cost, high-end style usually involves hand-finished, artisinal craftsmanship and natural materials such as silk and leather.
(8) It is also a bold assertion about the place of skill, craftsmanship and beauty in the making of art, which sets Hockney gloriously at odds with much of art's recent past.
(9) The latest additions include a Mongolian camel coaxing ritual, bagpipe culture in Slovakia and Tinian marble craftsmanship in Greece.
(10) The greatest characters we create, the greatest moments of art or craftsmanship we are able to have come from a place of self-worth."
(11) Design is minimalist but there are splashes of Moroccan craftsmanship.
(12) In our current day world of zero-hours contracts, celebrity, Twitter, spin and all that, both shows’ commitment to the values and meaning of craftsmanship and skill is a refreshing contrast and a core part of their appeal.
(13) "The actual writing, the craftsmanship, was Stieg's.
(14) They're a last hurrah for hand-drawn 2D animation in an age of CGI, and there's a strain running through Ghibli that's reminiscent of vintage Disney: an emphasis on craftsmanship, a cultural nostalgia and a perfectly pitched sentimentalism.
(15) High-end retailers and the luxury sector can appear to exist outside of this system – shielded by ideas like craftsmanship and design, but behind the gloss is the same dirt.
(16) It's very beautiful and the craftsmanship that went into it is mindblowing.
(17) Indeed, the prince referred to craftsmanship as an element lacking in modern architecture, which might be true, yet failed to explain how the common or garden architect might be expected to pay for craft when the budgets of most contemporary buildings have been, increasingly, slashed to the bare structural bones.
(18) While the factory itself is shiny, new and packed with new technology, the work that goes on here hinges on some old-fashioned craftsmanship.
(19) Wrecking Ball is that beautiful realisation of craftsmanship, bloody-minded business and heart.
(20) "We're not in a golden age of audiophile excellence and craftsmanship," complains Thomas.