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Ch. 32: Arts and Crafts Jewelry

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Arts and Crafts Movement 269
studios of their own and fill orders that come to them from many and varied sources.
The courses are planned to meet the needs of those who wish to enter the trades involving jewelry, enamelling, repousse chasing in pre­cious and other metals, and the making of suit­able tools required in such work. They give adequate training in design and modelling, in the application of designs to practical problems, the setting of stones, enamelling and finishing, and in the methods and practice of technical work in metal. Instruction is also given in medal work and in the preparation of models for reduction.
The increasing demand for applied art work in useful objects, and the difficulty experienced by manufacturers in securing the services of American artisans whose knowledge and skill are sufficient to guarantee good workmanship, present a trade condition which offers unusual opportunities for remunerative employment and advancement to those who have had the advan­tage of such training as these courses give.
In this day of specialisation, the apprentice­ship system is no longer adequate. The appren­tice acquires little more than the skill necessary to meet the technical requirements of his trade;
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