Craftsman

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A craftsman or artisan is a skilled manual worker who makes items that may be functional or strictly decorative.

Craftsman may also refer to:

A profession

• Master craftsman, an artisan who practices a handicraft or trade
• Craftsman, a military rank within the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, equivalent to a private

Arts, media, and entertainment

Design

• American Craftsman style, an American domestic architectural and interior design
• Craftsman, a style of architecture and furniture arising from the British Arts and Crafts Movement

Music

• Craftsman (album), a 1995 album by Guy Clark

Print

• The Craftsman, a magazine founded by Gustav Stickley in 1901
• Craftsman Magazine, a magazine for craftspeople published in the UK from 1983 to 2007

Brands and companies

• Craftsman (tools), a brand of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear controlled by Sears Holdings.
• Craftsman Book Company, publisher of technical references for construction professionals
• Craftsman furniture, the Arts and Crafts Movement style furniture of Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshops
• Craftsmen Industries, marketing company

See also

• Craft, the profession of a craftsman
• Craft production, the manufacturing process
• Craftsman Truck Series or Camping World Truck Series, a racing series sponsored by Craftsman tools
• Demiurge, also referred to as the rational craftsman, a philosophical concept for an artisan-like figure responsible for the fashioning and maintenance of the physical universe
• Handicraft, the product of a craftsman
• Craftsmanship, the degree of quality exhibited by a handicraft (or a measure of how well-made or intricate the handicraft is)