Robert J. Lang wrote: >>So, here's the place where I throw it open to the list (or at least, those who have waded through this long posting): what do you think we should use as a short, ideally single-word descriptor, of the object and the person, and why?<<
The general term for those who create art is, of course, artist. But we have names for the many kinds of artist, and related names for their art. The artist who paints is a painter. His artwork is paintings. He can be further categorized by his medium: oil painter, watercolorist, etc., but the general term for that kind of artist is: painter. The artist who carves stone or wood, or molds clay, is a sculptor, producing sculpture. The artist who composes music is a composer. If he also performs music, he is also a musician. His artwork is music. Does it not follow that the artist who folds should be called a folder, and his works be called folds? Scott, who calls a spade a shovel.
