From Cornwall to Suffolk to Cumbria, artisan producers are placing British charcuterie on the map.
Through centuries of alms-giving by churches, of almshouses, of children "placed out" as servants, of artisans' mutual benefit societies, the focus and the remedies persisted.
In the White House, Clinton placed donated handicrafts of contemporary American artisans, such as pottery and glassware, on rotating display in the state rooms.
As Herman Melville wrote in a poem about the Union ironclad Monitor, a ship that seemed to change the very heart of naval conflict: … plain mechanic power Plied cogently in War now placed — Where War belongs — Among the trades and artisans….
Despite the high value placed on works of art, even famous artists were of low social status among the Greeks and Romans, who regarded artists, artisans, and craftsmen alike as manual labourers.
Started by four M.B.A. students in Seattle, Viatru is creating Internet linkages between stores in the U.S. -- like the museum shop at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts -- and artisans in places like Jaipur, India.
Helping artisans in places like Haiti to create products people love and want to buy is the first step to advancing a soulful economy.
The artist had put the artisan in his place and it was now just a question of whether the young Serb's health would hold up to the challenge.
In order to legitimize their rule and to maintain stability, the shoguns espoused a Neo-Confucian ideology that reinforced the social hierarchy placing warrior, peasant, artisan, and merchant in descending order.
Most probably, Jacopo's precocious talent prompted his father to place him in the workshop of some undistinguished painter, but one with a solid artisan tradition so that his son might learn the foundations of his craft.
