handicraftsman

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Now that the designer and the handicraftsman are separate persons, the work of the former is unreal, and of the latter merely mechanical.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

There I go every Saturday night, when the museum is open later than usual, to see the handicraftsman, the wood-worker, the glass-blower and the worker in metals. 

From Miscellanies by Ross, Robert

It is but natural that the handicraftsman, once released from his bonds, should have desired to share these privileges, more particularly as the old aristocratic régime constantly became more assertive and presumptuous.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

He spoke of himself visiting the South Kensington Museum on Saturday nights, "to see the handicraftsman, the wood-worker, the glass-blower, and the worker in metals."

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

And once the handicraftsman contemplates the shape as it issues from his fingers, his mind will be gripped by that liking or disliking expressed by the words "beautiful" and "ugly."

From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon