Languish.org

General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 07:31:48 AM

Title: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 07:31:48 AM
Just to shake things up a little, here's a different sort of topic.

How do you differentiate an artist from a crafter? How do you define each of them, and what's the difference between them?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 07:36:22 AM
"Arts and Crafts" go together like peas and carrots, Jen-nay.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:38:40 AM
A different sort of topic from? :unsure:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:46:40 AM
Crafts are nearly indistinguishable, save for minor variances, art is unique.

*edit then again I'm neither a crafter nor an artist.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 07:47:42 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:38:40 AM
A different sort of topic from? :unsure:

Political mudslinging topics.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 07:49:11 AM
So we can sling mud over artists and craftsmen instead :yeah:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:53:07 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 07:49:11 AM
So we can sling mud over artists and craftsmen instead :yeah:
I'm sure that's a thing somewhere. Probably in Tijuana.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:54:23 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:53:07 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 07:49:11 AM
So we can sling mud over artists and craftsmen instead :yeah:
I'm sure that's a thing somewhere. Probably in Tijuana.


:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:57:29 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:54:23 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:53:07 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 07:49:11 AM
So we can sling mud over artists and craftsmen instead :yeah:
I'm sure that's a thing somewhere. Probably in Tijuana.


:rolleyes:
what, they're too good for mudslinging, but donkey shows are A OK? :unsure: :P
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:57:40 AM
At any rate, Meri, I don't think I ever use the term crafter. If I were to use it, I think I'd use it to describe things like glass blowing, furniture or jewelry making vs. artist for things like painting, drawing, sculpting, etc.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:58:37 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:57:29 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:54:23 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 19, 2013, 07:53:07 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 07:49:11 AM
So we can sling mud over artists and craftsmen instead :yeah:
I'm sure that's a thing somewhere. Probably in Tijuana.


:rolleyes:
what, they're too good for mudslinging, but donkey shows are A OK? :unsure: :P

Tijuana is good for nothing.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 08:05:05 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:58:37 AM
Tijuana is good for nothing.

Their slogan is "At least we're not Juarez".
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: dps on August 19, 2013, 09:10:37 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 07:57:40 AM
At any rate, Meri, I don't think I ever use the term crafter. If I were to use it, I think I'd use it to describe things like glass blowing, furniture or jewelry making vs. artist for things like painting, drawing, sculpting, etc.

Yeah, I wouldn't use the term "crafter" either (apparantly Meri wanted a gender-neutral form of the word "craftsman"), but that's how I would distinguish it from "artist" in pretty much the same way.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 09:48:59 AM
Quote from: dps on August 19, 2013, 09:10:37 AM
Yeah, I wouldn't use the term "crafter" either (apparantly Meri wanted a gender-neutral form of the word "craftsman"), but that's how I would distinguish it from "artist" in pretty much the same way.

Crafter is commonly used among women who do things like embroidery, sewing, jewelry making, etc. A craftsman, to me, makes a living at their work, whereas a crafter does it as a hobby.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 09:51:12 AM
Is that the end of the thread then? :unsure:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 09:55:59 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 09:51:12 AM
Is that the end of the thread then? :unsure:

Why? :huh:

I was only explaining how the term is often used, not that that's how it should be used.

I see many quilts that are works of art. Are they crafters or artists? I have seen amazing carved wood boxes that are without a doubt artistic, but is the creator a crafter?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 10:03:00 AM
There doesn't seem like much to discuss if crafter is a term that people aren't using. -_-

I'd actually thought about some of the impressive things that I've seen knitted but then was like, I don't really have a term that I use for a person that would make like that and would be open to whatever one what to call one's self.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 10:07:28 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 10:03:00 AM
There doesn't seem like much to discuss if crafter is a term that people aren't using. -_-

I DO  :mad:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 10:09:49 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 10:07:28 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 10:03:00 AM
There doesn't seem like much to discuss if crafter is a term that people aren't using. -_-

I DO  :mad:

OK, crazy old cat lady.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 10:40:25 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 10:03:00 AM
There doesn't seem like much to discuss if crafter is a term that people aren't using. -_-


:mellow:

I just got done saying that it's a term that's often used to describe people do sew, knit, etc. I don't understand what you're saying.

Quote
I'd actually thought about some of the impressive things that I've seen knitted but then was like, I don't really have a term that I use for a person that would make like that and would be open to whatever one what to call one's self.

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. Is someone who knits an artist, or a crafter? At what point does one cross over from one to the other?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 10:44:03 AM
Quote from: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 10:40:25 AM
:mellow:

I just got done saying that it's a term that's often used to describe people do sew, knit, etc. I don't understand what you're saying.

I meant people here.:P

Quote from: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 10:40:25 AM
Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. Is someone who knits an artist, or a crafter? At what point does one cross over from one to the other?

I guess it depends on the specifics of the object. If a tacky sweater, not sure that I'd support the label of either. :D
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 11:04:41 AM
How about "artisan"?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Admiral Yi on August 19, 2013, 11:15:10 AM
An artist creates original work, a crafty sort of person executes more or less the same item.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: MadImmortalMan on August 19, 2013, 11:19:43 AM
Yeah a crafter has to be able to reproduce his/her product with consistency. Jackson Pollack not so much.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: mongers on August 19, 2013, 11:26:43 AM
Quote from: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 07:31:48 AM
Just to shake things up a little, here's a different sort of topic.

How do you differentiate an artist from a crafter? How do you define each of them, and what's the difference between them?

You don't, in my view the best of 'each' has plenty of the other informing it (or in forming it).
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 11:31:45 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 19, 2013, 11:19:43 AM
Yeah a crafter has to be able to reproduce his/her product with consistency. Jackson Pollack not so much.

So were Warhol and Duchamp crafters?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: crazy canuck on August 19, 2013, 11:48:35 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 11:04:41 AM
How about "artisan"?

It has become so overused it is in danger of being meaningless. 
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: dps on August 19, 2013, 12:02:15 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 10:40:25 AM

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. Is someone who knits an artist, or a crafter? At what point does one cross over from one to the other?

Well, perhaps we can bring in the subject of intent.  Does someone knit a sweater with the intent that it be worn, or with the intent that it be displayed as a work of art?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 12:05:31 PM
Quote from: dps on August 19, 2013, 12:02:15 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 10:40:25 AM

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. Is someone who knits an artist, or a crafter? At what point does one cross over from one to the other?

Well, perhaps we can bring in the subject of intent.  Does someone knit a sweater with the intent that it be worn, or with the intent that it be displayed as a work of art?

What if it's intended to be worn as a work of art?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Ed Anger on August 19, 2013, 12:07:24 PM
I crafted a short sword +5.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:15:53 PM
I've heard of Minecraft, but not Mineartist. :unsure:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:17:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 19, 2013, 12:07:24 PM
I crafted a short sword +5.

:console:

It's not the size of the ship but the motion in the ocean.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Ed Anger on August 19, 2013, 12:18:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:17:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 19, 2013, 12:07:24 PM
I crafted a short sword +5.

:console:

It's not the size of the ship but the motion in the ocean.

:D
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:19:01 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 19, 2013, 12:18:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:17:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 19, 2013, 12:07:24 PM
I crafted a short sword +5.

:console:

It's not the size of the ship but the motion in the ocean.

:D

I know, that's a lie. -_-
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:29:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Quoted for posteriority.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:30:37 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Odd. Also no as that would be counter to the aim of hitting the prostate.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 12:36:31 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:30:37 PM
Odd. Also no as that would be counter to the aim of hitting the prostate.

Thick turds are painful to push through, I'd assume the same principles are involved.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:37:08 PM
Well yes, you wouldn't just have it rammed right in from the get go. :blink:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 12:37:32 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:29:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Quoted for posteriority.

:lol:

Are you punishing me?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:45:57 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:37:32 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:29:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Quoted for posteriority.

:lol:

Are you punishing me?

No, you are not my type.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 12:52:28 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:45:57 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:37:32 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:29:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Quoted for posteriority.

:lol:

Are you punishing me?

No, you are not my type.

I knew I should have left the hyphen in.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: lustindarkness on August 19, 2013, 12:54:27 PM
:D
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 02:27:51 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

:(
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 02:31:34 PM
We just need DGul to show up and say something about the president's sack in his mouth.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 02:40:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 02:31:34 PM
We just need DGul to show up and say something about the president's sack in his mouth.

I don't think he could get past the Secret Service.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 03:20:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:30:37 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Odd. Also no as that would be counter to the aim of hitting the prostate.

:huh: :unsure:

I thought the prostate was only about an inch or so in.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 03:30:13 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 19, 2013, 03:20:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 12:30:37 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

Odd. Also no as that would be counter to the aim of hitting the prostate.

:huh: :unsure:

I thought the prostate was only about an inch or so in.

I've no idea. I can only speak for experience that says too short is not very good*. Really you want the goldicocks - not too big and not to small. :scots:

*Perhaps that extra length allows for more pressure.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:34:59 PM
Any debate that is about defining art makes me wanna puke.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 03:36:13 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:34:59 PM
Any debate that is about defining art makes me wanna puke.

Performance art?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:36:42 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 03:36:13 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:34:59 PM
Any debate that is about defining art makes me wanna puke.

Performance art?

Craft.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Maximus on August 19, 2013, 03:37:00 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:34:59 PM
Any debate that is about defining art makes me wanna puke.
Shock art has been done. At this point it is really just shock craft.

edit: too slow
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 03:38:56 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 03:36:13 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:34:59 PM
Any debate that is about defining art makes me wanna puke.

Performance art?

Mine was art. :)
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:39:37 PM
Interesting how the origins and usage of these words have changed overtime, especially in relation to manufacturing.

In one sense craft used to also mean the techniques used to make sometime, being crafty was at one time a compliment, but seems to have changed over time to mean 'clever' even 'underhand'. 

It's even sometimes combined with git (another industrial term), so someone could be described as a 'crafty git', meaning I'd say, someone with little talent use but who manages to gain something undeserved or achieve their aim.  As opposed to a move obvious 'useless git'
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:41:59 PM
Never look a git horse in the mouth.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: dps on August 19, 2013, 03:42:56 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

If you'd rather that your ass be small, perhaps you should go on a diet.










:)
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 03:45:38 PM
Quote from: dps on August 19, 2013, 03:42:56 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 19, 2013, 12:25:09 PM
If I was gonna have a penis up my ass, I'd rather it be a small one.  :pinch:

If you'd rather that your ass be small, perhaps you should go on a diet.










:)

Fat shaming! :angry:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:45:54 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:41:59 PM
Never look a git horse in the mouth.

Git in this context probably means gate, as in a gate thorough which you pour molten metal in foundry work.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:48:12 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:45:54 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:41:59 PM
Never look a git horse in the mouth.

Git in this context probably means gate, as in a gate thorough which you pour molten metal in foundry work.

The post-the-first-thing-that-comes-into-my-mind context?
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:51:51 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:48:12 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:45:54 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:41:59 PM
Never look a git horse in the mouth.

Git in this context probably means gate, as in a gate thorough which you pour molten metal in foundry work.

The post-the-first-thing-that-comes-into-my-mind context?

No that was the context of your post, we'd been talking about the meaning of craft etc.   :)
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:54:00 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:51:51 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:48:12 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 19, 2013, 03:45:54 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:41:59 PM
Never look a git horse in the mouth.

Git in this context probably means gate, as in a gate thorough which you pour molten metal in foundry work.

The post-the-first-thing-that-comes-into-my-mind context?

No that was the context of your post, we'd been talking about the meaning of craft etc.   :)

Why did you quote me then? You know what, forget I asked...
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Jacob on August 19, 2013, 04:30:25 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 19, 2013, 03:54:00 PMWhy did you quote me then? You know what, forget I asked...

Good idea.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 05:55:44 PM
You happy, Meri?  Your discussion on Arts and Crafts went straight to prostate-ramming ass play and the President's scrotum.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 06:27:08 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 05:55:44 PM
You happy, Meri?  Your discussion on Arts and Crafts went straight to prostate-ramming ass play and the President's scrotum.

Blame Teach. I don't know why he launched into his wants for anal sex.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 06:29:27 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 19, 2013, 06:27:08 PM
Blame Teach. I don't know why he launched into his wants for anal sex.

I just don't get why you have the same specification requirements as women when the hole is so much smaller.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 06:29:51 PM
This is why we can't have nice things, Teach.  Asshole.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 06:30:33 PM
Sorry but I don't know anything about the specification requirements of women. Also, I'd venture that not everyone has small holes. I mean think about fisting.
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: garbon on August 19, 2013, 06:31:13 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 06:29:51 PM
Asshole.

And yet you want the conversation to stay on topic. Go back to p'dox, I hear they love that. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Crafter versus Artist
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 19, 2013, 06:34:34 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 19, 2013, 06:29:51 PM
This is why we can't have nice things, Teach.  Asshole.

I thought we couldn't have nice things because we were unemployed and had no money.