ARTIST and ARTISANS

ART APPRECIATION
ARTISTS AND ARTISANS

This chapter focuses on the most important element and creator in any
work of art, which is the artist or the artisan. Artist and
artisans are driven by their sense of wonder and curiosity. The stages in
the creative process would reflect the notable works from the different
artist and artisans who were given the highest recognition from our
country.
THE DEFINITION OF ARTIST AND ARTISAN

ARTIST

The word “artist” is generally defined as an art practitioner,

such as a painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer, writer,
poet, musicians, and the like who produces or creates
indirectly functional arts with aesthetic value using
imagination.
Artist are creative individuals who use their imagination
and skills to communicate in an art form. Artists look to many
sources for inspiration. Some look forward to their natural
and cultural environment for ideas; others look within
themselves for creative motivation.
Artist exhibit the courage to take risk. They are willing to
work intensely for long period of time to achieve their goals.
Some artist are self-taught (folk-artist) because of they are
not educated in traditional artistic
methods. Just like the artists, the artisan learn skills and
techniques from some other artist but eventually, both artist
and artisans, develop their own unique styles.
ARTISAN

An ARTISAN is a craftsman, such carpenter, carver, plumber,

blacksmith, weaver, embroiderer, and the like who produces
directly functional and or decorative arts. Artisan help us in
meeting our basic needs, such as food, clothing, dwelling,
furniture, and kitchen utensils; they craft everything that makes
our life easy. The artisan’s works are useful, relevant, and
essential in our daily life.
The ARTISAN is basically a physical worker who makes objects
with his or her hands, and who through skill, experience, and
ability can produce things of great beauty, as well as usefulness.
Artisans are devoted only to the creative part, making visually
pleasant work only for the gratification and appreciation of the
viewer.
KEY COMPONENTS OF THE ART
MARKET
CURATOR
– A CURATOR, who is manager or overseer and usually a curator
or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (gallery, museum,
library or archive) is a content specialist charged with an
institution’s collections, selecting art to be displayed in museum,
organizing art exhibitions in galleries or public places,
researching artist and writing catalogs and involved with the
interpretation of heritage.
ART BUYER

An ART BUYER is a professional who is knowledgeable in art,

who may scout talents for an advertising agency seeking to
employ an art director, or who may look for an art for collector
or company.
ART DEALER
An ART DEALER is a person or a company that buys and sells works of
art. Art dealers often study the history of art before starting their
careers. They keep up with the trends in the market and are
knowledgeable about the style of art that people want to buy. They
figure out how much they should pay for a piece and then estimate the
resale price. To determine the artwork’s value, dealer inspect the objects
or paintings closely and compare the fine details with similar pieces.
PRIVATE COLLECTION
This is personal owned collection of works, usually a collection

of art. In museum or art-gallery environment, the term signifies that

a certain work is not owned by the institution, but is on loan from an
individual or organization, either for temporary exhibition or for the
long term. The source is usually from an ART COLLECTOR,
although it could be from a school, church organization, from bank
or from other private company or any institution.
THE CREATIVE PROCESS
THE CREATIVE PROCESS
Robert Fritz, enumerated the steps in the creative process, and said
that creating is a skill that can be learned and developed. Like any
other skill, we learn by practice and hands-on experience – we can
learn to create by creating. Fritz presented three stages in creative
process.
1. Conceive the result you want to create. Creation starts at the end. We need to have an
idea of what we want to create. We need a vision – individual or collective – that we want
to realize.
2. Know what currently exists. It is difficult to create something novel and/or original in
any area of knowledge without being aware of what is being done in that area.
3. Take action. Having a wonderful idea or vision is not enough. You have to do something
to make it real, generate criticism.
4. Develop your creativity. Every new creation gives you fresh thoughts and knowledge of
your own creative process.
5. Learn the rhythms of the creative process. There are THREE fundamental stage in every
creative process: Germination, Assimilation, and Completion.
THREE STAGES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
GERMINATION (Idea)

The most important and difficult thing in this stage is choosing. You need
to be more specific about what you want to do. You have to give to your
vision a first shape, from which you decide your next steps.
ASSIMILATION

It is crucial step in the creative process. During this phase you will
internalize and assimilate or incorporate the idea you want to create. Plan,
analyze it and cultivate it with all the available resources. The assimilation
stage of the creative process follows an organic path, with its own rhythms
and needs.
COMPLETION
Completion is the time to finish you project, to give it the final shape
before you present it to the audience.
THREE STAGES IN ART
THREE STAGES IN ART
Art making can be associated with art exploration, concept development,
and art production. In the creative process, the artist undergoes three stage
of experience, which are popularly known as PREPRODUCTION,
PRODUCTION, and POSTPRODUCTION.
1. PRE-PRODUCTION or subject development – this ends
when the planning ends, and the content starts being produced.

2. PRODUCTION or medium manipulation – this is a method of

joining diverse material inputs and unimportant inputs.

3. POST PRODUCTION (completion) or exhibition – once an artwork

is finish, it will be displayed.
THE MEDIUM and TECHNIQUE
MEDIUM – It refers to the materials that are used by an artist to create
a work for art. The plural of media. Without the medium, an idea
remain a concept, or it would just dwell in the walls of the artist
imagination. It is challenging to manipulate medium and transform it
form its raw state.
TECHNIQUE – It refers to the artist’s ability and knowledge or
technical know-how in manipulating the medium. It is the manner by
which the artist controls the medium to achieve the desired effect;
thus, it is in the technique that artists differ from one another.
 GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
of A P O W H A N G O D O G G AY
 PROCESS TECHNIQUE
Tapping into the Skin thru a - Batok (ancient term)
Thorn end of a Calamansi or -  Hand tapping
Pomelo Tree

MEDIUM PERSONS INVOLVED

-  Ink mixture of charcoal and -   Whang Od’s grand niece (Grace
water Palicas)
- Body as Human Canvass - Tourists, Pilgrims, Trekkers