Artisan (Independent) × Strengths: Creativity & Ideation

For Those Strong in Creativity & Ideation

This collection features jobs that may suit those who are relatively comfortable generating new ideas and concepts.

Creativity holds value not only in artistic fields but in all kinds of work. Both small ideas that improve existing methods and entirely new concepts are expressions of creativity. Additionally, some deepen their thinking alone, while others develop ideas through dialogue with others.

The jobs introduced here tend to offer more opportunities to utilize new ideas. Explore how your creativity can flourish.

11 jobs found.

Painting Finishing Worker

Artisans and workers who apply painting and decoration to porcelain and pottery products, perform glaze application, and final finishing.

Glass Coloring Worker

A profession that colors glass products using pigments or metal oxides and finishes them by firing in a kiln furnace.

Precious Metal Inlay (Inlay) Artisan

Precious Metal Inlay Artisans are traditional craft technicians who use precious metals such as gold and silver to apply intricate decorations using the inlay technique to the surfaces of sword fittings, tea utensils, personal adornments, and the like.

Cloisonné Firing Worker

An artisan who applies vitreous enamel to metal surfaces and fires it at high temperatures to create decorative items and crafts.

Metal Engraver

Artisans who cut, engrave, and shape precious metals or metal sheets to create jewelry and decorative items. They handle everything from design to finishing.

Tsuiki (Hammered) Artisan

Traditional craft artisan who shapes metal materials such as copper plates by hammering them into vessels.

Boxwood (Tsuge) Craftsman

Artisan who carves and finishes precision wooden products such as combs and ornaments by hand using high-grade boxwood material.

Vine Craft Artisan

Traditional handicraft occupation that uses wild vines from mountains and fields as material, processes and weaves them to produce baskets, daily utensils, and decorative items.

Hand-Painted Kimono Maker

Artisan who uses brushes and dyes to hand-draw patterns on one-of-a-kind kimonos. Combines traditional techniques with creativity to perform painting and dyeing work.

Maki-e Decorator (Ceramics Manufacturing)

Traditional craft artisan who decorates the surface of ceramics using lacquer to apply gold powder or gold leaf.