The difference between a production studio that copies old masters and artists is that one is creating art, the other is just a copy.
An artist is different than a crafts person. Yes artists are skilled in their craft, but what they produce is different. By OSM tagging them appropriately will help consumers. If I'm looking for a stone carver for a headstone, I most likely will want a craft=* If I want a stone sculpture, I'll look for an artist. On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 7:15 PM Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 16/08/19 12:03, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > What is the objective difference between the workshop of a sculptor who > makes many copies of ancient or tradition sculptures out of stone by hand, > versus the workshop of a “fine art” sculpture who sells expensive > “original”’works? > > > None. > > > There are many traditional sculptors in Indonesia who make stone Buddha > statues (similar to those at Borobudur temple), or statues of Garuda carved > intricately from wood or stone. Are they artists or not? They are certainly > “sculptors”, no? > > Similarly, the art studio of a potter who makes expensive “fine art” > pottery pieces will look similar to the studio of a craftsman who produces > decorative ceramics by hand. > > I believe using a different key for “fine art painters” versus “craft and > decorative painters” would be like using a different tag for regular > restaurants and “fine cuisine” restaurants. > > The craft key is already being used for artistic sculptors, potters, glass > makers, photographers and so on. It seems the most appropriate of the > existing keys, and it would be inappropriately to try to divide “craft > artists” and “fine artists” into different values, let alone different keys. > > > Some artists can copy, some cannot copy. It is a skill. Many who copy can > also originate. > > > -Joseph > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 9:37 AM Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> sent from a phone >> >> > On 16. Aug 2019, at 02:27, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> >> wrote: >> > >> > I would suggest we move artist from the craft discussion on to its own >> thread. >> >> >> agreed. Artists merit their own key, putting them under craft doesn’t >> seem like a good choice. > > > Artist do not merit their own key. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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