craft as vessel

This whole craft thing intrigues me and apparently it can catch others, too. For example, Octavia Paz once wrote:

Made by hand, the craft object bears the fingerprints, real or metaphorical, of the person who fashioned it. These fingerprints are not the equivalent of the artist’s signature, for they are not a name. Nor are they a mark or a brand. They are a sign: the almost invisible scar commemorating our original brotherhood or sisterhood. Made by hand, the craft object is made for hands. Not only can we see it, we can also finger it, feel it.

Craft then is tangible and bears the sign of the craftsperson as if a signature was attached. And so it is with the master bricklayer. He can see his work as well notice the flaws of other workers whose standards are not so high. Further, an expert can watch laborers and decide by their movements and efficiency whether craft is being executed.

A craft also refers to a boat. But not just any boat: the boat as used by someone who is plying their craft. It's not just for seafaring or transportation. Instead, as a tool of an expert fisherman, the boat is an essential component of the craftsman's repertoire -- hence, the vessel is a craft.

These uses [of "craft"] were probably colloquial with watermen, fishers, and seamen some time before they appeared in print, so that the history is not evidenced; but the expression is probably elliptical, … [with the sense of vessels of small craft, i.e. small trading vessels, or of small seaman's art, and … requisites of the fisherman's craft. Oxford English Dictionary

Interesting that a boat was "requisite" for doing the work and came to bear the label that was also affixed to the work and worker. Not only was the expertise, fluidity and efficiency of the master fisherman labeled as "craft" but so too was the dinghy in which he did his stuff.