However, as big businesses have caught on to the trend – with most supermarkets now purporting to offer artisanal, freshly-baked loaves –questions have arisen about what should qualify as true artisan bread.
Philippe Wurtz, the president of the watchmakers' academy, said Mr. Kikuno "is a true artisan, 100 percent.
Here, Sen is sole alchemist and while his confidence could seem like hubris, he has a strong track record of virtually one-man filmmaking, proving himself to be a true artisan of the craft.
I get to see beautiful pieces hand-built by true artisans, historical pieces that pay homage to past glory, and sexist watch companies who suggest, in no uncertain terms, that dudes are the only ones who do any work.
And his father was a skilled proletarian artisan, a true Muscovite.
The pizzeria itself will serve up what Dwyer and its chef, Joe Hunter, call "true American-style pizza" -- artisan thick crust pizza, made with locally sourced ingredients, ranging from the traditional cheese and pepperoni to more unusual creations like thyme French onion soup.
"A man who incarnated the true essence of the Florentine artisan has left us prematurely," the mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, said following Bemer's death late on Friday.
The dynamic Italian, part of a United Nations anti-poverty effort, the Ethical Fashion Initiative, is harnessing the creativity of African artisans to create true modern luxury touched by human hands.
He draws his inspiration from Art Deco and Art Nouveau, from gun and furniture makers and from what he believes is a dying group: skilled artisans who served true apprenticeships and know how to use their hands.
True, two of its chief artisans were a Dane and a Frenchman, and it was installed and considerably embellished by the Italian architect Rastrelli.
Society organized by the four functional occupations the scholar, the farmer, the artisan, and the merchant is, in the true sense of the word, a cooperation.
