工芸 and 技巧: Craftwork and technique in expression
Compare encountering crafts and displaying handmade bowls with craftsmanship in a pattern and a wish for honest expression.
Encountering crafts and displaying bowls
工芸（こうげい） means crafts or craftwork. 「展示会で木や漆を使った伝統工芸に触れた。」 means “At the exhibition, I encountered traditional crafts made with wood and lacquer.” Wood and lacquer are materials of the traditional crafts encountered at this exhibition.
「工芸を学ぶ学生が自作の器を店に並べた。」 means “A student studying crafts displayed handmade bowls in the shop.” The student studies crafts and displays handmade bowls. Display in a shop does not establish that the bowls were sold.
Craftsmanship and the wish to express honestly
技巧（ぎこう） means technique or craftsmanship. 「職人の細かな技巧が木箱の模様に表れている。」 means “The artisan's fine craftsmanship appears in the wooden box's pattern.” The pattern reveals the artisan’s fine craftsmanship.
「技巧だけに頼らず、素直な表現を大切にしたい。」 means “I want to value honest expression rather than relying only on technique.” だけに頼らず concerns not relying only on technique; 大切にしたい expresses a wish. It does not report abandoning every technique.
An activity and a quality of expression
Studying or encountering 工芸 concerns craft activity and its objects. 技巧 appearing in a pattern concerns technique evident in that expression. The distinction is not simply whether a person is skilled.
The wish to value honest expression keeps technique from being the sole reliance. Displaying craftwork, showing craftsmanship, and expressing a wish do not combine into one completed production or sale.
Does 技巧だけに頼らず、素直な表現を大切にしたい mean that all technique has been abandoned?
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No. It expresses wanting to value honest expression without relying only on technique. It does not report abandoning all technique or completing the expression.