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The Price of Artisan Pipes
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<blockquote data-quote="dshpipes" data-source="post: 299815" data-attributes="member: 1622"><p>Exactly. I can't help but wonder if it would be helpful to separate current "artisan" work into a few categories. To start, I think the type of pipe you describe above may be categorized as "folk art."</p><p></p><p>Folk art is affordable and offers a personal relationship between the buyer and the maker, however work in this category doesn't necessarily achieve high level standards.</p><p></p><p>Then I think we enter the world of craftsman, where high level standards are met with rigid consistency. Beautiful lines on simple and classic designs abound from makers like this.</p><p></p><p>Next is the world of "artisan," which I think a lot of people who are making "folk art" are eager to enter but fall short of. I'll purport up the definition of "artisan" to be any maker who produces work which consistently achieves very high standards of engineering and workmanship while being highly creative. Beautiful shapes abound, both classic and freehand.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I place craftsmen and artisans on the same plane, acknowledging that each may have different end goals but achieving them by using the same standards of excellence.</p><p></p><p>Just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dshpipes, post: 299815, member: 1622"] Exactly. I can't help but wonder if it would be helpful to separate current "artisan" work into a few categories. To start, I think the type of pipe you describe above may be categorized as "folk art." Folk art is affordable and offers a personal relationship between the buyer and the maker, however work in this category doesn't necessarily achieve high level standards. Then I think we enter the world of craftsman, where high level standards are met with rigid consistency. Beautiful lines on simple and classic designs abound from makers like this. Next is the world of "artisan," which I think a lot of people who are making "folk art" are eager to enter but fall short of. I'll purport up the definition of "artisan" to be any maker who produces work which consistently achieves very high standards of engineering and workmanship while being highly creative. Beautiful shapes abound, both classic and freehand. Personally, I place craftsmen and artisans on the same plane, acknowledging that each may have different end goals but achieving them by using the same standards of excellence. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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