ARTIST AND ARTISAN

• Artisan


  A skilled worker who constructs crafts by hand
• Artisan's work


  • May range from functional to strictly decorative
  • Includes furniture, sculpture, decors, jewelry, clothing, food items, household items and tools
  • Mechanical tools such as handmade clocks and other simple machines are also part of the artisan's work
• Artisans may reach the level of an artist through experience and aptitude
• Artisanal


  Used to put emphasis on the hand-processing as compared to machine processing
• Some businesses have used the term "artisanal" in marketing and advertising as a buzz word to add prestige to their products such as bread, beverages or cheese
• Products like these have traditionally been handmade, but are also now commonly mass-produced using automated mechanization in factories and other industrial areas
• Before the invention of advanced machineries during the Industrial Revolution, artisans were the dominant producers of consumer products
• In ancient Greece, artisans frequented the agoras where they built workshops nearby
• Artist


  A person engaged in the creation, practice and performing an art
• The term "artist" has come to be most often associated with the practitioner in the visual arts only
• The term "artist" is also oftentimes used in the entertainment industry, specifically is the context of business, for musicians and other performers as well as writers and actors
• Two major awards in the Philippines for artists

  • Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining (Order of the National Artists)
  • Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasures Awards)
• Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining (Order of the National Artists)


  The highest award given to a Filipino artist who has made a significant contribution in the development of the Philippine arts. Conferred by the President upon recommendation of the NCCA and CCP
• Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasures Awards)


  Awarded to Filipino traditional artists whose works "reflect the diverse heritage and cultural traditions". Administered by the NCCA