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 A Y
 PROCESS TECHNIQUE
Tapping into the Skin thru - Batok (ancient term)
a Thorn end of a Calamansi - Hand tapping
or Pomelo Tree

MEDIUM PERSONS INVOLVED

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