It's a little different. Both of your examples can be and are an artform, but it is not usually reproduction. Perhaps reproduction of another's process, but tha

It's a little different. Both of your examples can be and are an artform, but it is not usually reproduction. Perhaps reproduction of another's process, but that's to develop the skills moving forward. From there, modifications are made. Taste is even applied. Best methods, a "style" if you will, for the process are refined. We have machines to reproduce electronics on a mass scale. Anyone in a workshop is not soldering as a creative pursuit. Anyone reproducing the same famous artwork weeks on end is not going to be creatively fulfilled. There's not much room for growth there, despite refining the ability to reproduce the works with more quality. But at $50 bucks a piece for such labor, what's the point? I'm sure this kind of work is something that a portion of people would enjoy, but it's a niche to find creative fulfillment from such things, and often the reproduction artist will still modify it based on their skill level and taste. Doing it for the money is not my issue. Doing the same thing over and over again with the same skillset, without growing in creative expression, is the issue I have.