The lutherie is an art, not just a craft. To create instruments, the luthier expresses himself, and applies his knowledge and his personality in his gestures, for manufacturing.
This subtle art is recognized in the sculpture of the volute, in the cutting of the f-holes and in the finishes.
The instrument is a work, a single piece. Artisanal production maintains the fact that no instrument is identical to another, be it at the visual or sound level. Each instrument produces a sound, and an original timbre. One can compare this to Men, no one has the same voice for example.
Although the luthier creates a utilitarian object as opposed to the sculptor or painter who expresses himself through pure art, the greatest creation is sound. The work and the difficulty are not to go from a piece of wood to make it an object, but to carve a piece of wood to make it "a sound" and not any one: hot, deep, powerful, that knows how to transmit emotion, feeling, and make the listener vibrate.