The Craftsman is distinguished from the artist in that the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of it. The serious artist, like Proust, is like an object caught by a wave and swept to shore. He's obsessed by his material; it's like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.
A Craftsman is a liberal arts graduate gone to pasture, esp. after a nerve-jangling tussle with the business world.
A Craftsman is distinguished from an artist in that a craftsman knows what he's doing.
A Craftsman is a placid soul who seeks a life-enhancing alternative to sweating over contracts and deadlines, then finds it by creating ceramic vegetables or gingham bunnies.