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[Ray Miller]

Dan,
I think you are right on. It's all in how you see yourself how you 
present your work. I raised the question because it is one I wressle 
with regularly. I do original sculpture. Some sells, some doesn't. I do 
commissioned furniture, wrought iron railings, and some "cut and paste" 
for people who trust me, like my workmanship and I am affordable. I have 
people who call me an artist, and I do not correct them. I have people 
who call me a craftsman, and I tell them I am working up to that name. I 
guess it's all in the pursuit of life's answers.

I have previously referenced the occasion of Akira Kurasowa receiving 
his lifetime achievement award from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences. He was introduced as a great artist, and he humbly accepted 
the award, saying something to the effect of , I am still learning the 
craft and maybe one day I will deserve this recognition.

Ray

>
>caliber
>we want. Do you have to have a STUDIO to produce "art"???
>
>You can call it what you want, charge what you want, call your shop what
>you 
>want, call you customers    "clients"  if you want..  But your stuff will
>be named truthfully
>by OTHERS. 
>How do you present YOURself??
>
>
>dan.t
>Dan T.'s Inferno, Georgia
>,SOFA, AFC,AAC,OBG, Alex Bealer, Philip Simmons b/g S.C.
>
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