Craig Nutt's Celery Chair is a work of art and craft.

Zack is about to learn that asking a bunch of online woodworkers to offer an opinion is like asking a lion to eat meat. Editor

"I am a senior in Massachusetts who is doing a project that discusses the differences between art and craft. Could you offer your opinions of the differences?" Zack

"Craft is concerned with the mechanical aspects. Art is concerned with the visual aspects." Mike

"Art is an expression of feelings or thought through a medium." Ernie

"Craft is produced with your hands. Art is made with your heart." Larry

"The lines don't exist anymore. When I started out, craft was functional&Now, it seems, either is both; craft is art and art is craft&I'll go with craft is functional (mostly) and art 'talks.'" Ron

"The difference is mostly in the spelling." Clint

"Craft is the technique; proper application of tool and material& I personally think art is original; if you make two alike, the second one is craft." Andy

"It seems to me that art involves original thought and a message. The message might be very simple, such as 'touch this and feel the smooth places, the bumps, and the curves.' We all seem to agree that craft is the skill it takes to execute something. So, if you make a piece of furniture that does not involve any of your own design, or if you are not trying to express a thought or a feeling, then it is craft." Johanna

"Crafts are made for use. Art is made solely for aesthetic appeal. Art is unique because it burns human capital for no greater purpose than pleasant appearance. The less utility, the greater the art. That said, beauty has nothing to do with Art vs. Craft." Andrew

"Did you ever wonder if the world of art, and here I mean art as in paintings, started getting weird due to technology? By the mid to late 1800's, the need for realistic paintings was rapidly declining with the advance of photography. Perhaps it's similar today. What we call 'art' as far as woodworking is concerned we tend to think of first as 'not utilitarian,' when what we may really be thinking is "not machine-made." I think 'art' appeals to us as something of direct human creation." Jim

Heard enough, or did you want my opinion, too? Fair enough: Craft is what you do; Art is how you do it. Or vice versa. Editor