Where all of this leaves the left-handed craftsman Mark Buehrle is anybody's guess.
Consider how many craftsmen left their mark and progeny listed in the Manhattan phone book: Goldsmiths, Coppersmiths, Silversmiths, Saddlers, Wainwrights, Tanners, Tinkers, Joiners, Turners, Bookbinders, Shoemakers, Weavers, Sewers, Glovers, Hatters, Potters and Glaziers.
Even a weird little dish like turkey schnitzel -- hidden under a shag of watercress -- had the marks of a craftsman behind it.
The palette of his tools is just a modern way of working and evidence of his ability to innovate and adapt while hanging on to his vision — the mark of a great craftsman.
He was managing director of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces during its 2001 Opus launch, which marked the first time a major brand put one craftsman at the fore of its marketing efforts (it was François- Paul Journe who collaborated on Opus and is one of the world's most celebrated watchmakers in his own right).
A white picket fence marks the entrance to this cream-colored Craftsman, found along the only walk street in Santa Monica.
Marker's modesty is that of a devoted craftsman and an exquisite aesthete: a nonperformer, a nonsinger, a nonathlete, a former writer who didn't continue — he did the one thing that he cultivated with an unyielding devotion.
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Henri Dutilleux, the great craftsman of 20th- and early 21st-century music, whose small but remarkable output was frequently the product of almost ruthless perfectionism.
Some will say this latest feature by the celebrated Italian art-schlock purveyor Dario Argento, Ms. Argento's father, marks a sad decline in the talents of a supremely confident craftsman.
That was true, she said, even though "we found an endless supply of Italian-American craftsmen working behind the scenes in Hollywood from Day 1 — set designers, composers, writers, costume designers," making their mark in often sophisticated ways.
The seals of merchants and craftsmen often displayed either merchants' marks or tools connected with their trade.
