Artisan, mother and child (5)
I believe the answer is:
mason
'artisan' is the definition.
(I know that mason is a type of artisan)
'mother and child' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'ma'+'son'='MASON'
(Other definitions for mason that I've seen before include "figure in lodge" , "Dresser" , "Member of a secret fraternal order" , "one in construction" , "secretive lodger!" .)