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designs could be executed in metal, we were glad to undertake the work.
We started with a class of five, all of whom were art teachers in the
high schools here. I might say in passing we had over seventy-five
applicants this fall.
As
we conduct a manufacturing jewelry business, our shop is well equipped
for all kinds of metal work. We have a bench for each worker where all
the small tools, hammers, wax blocks, and punches are kept and also
several large vises and anvils for the large copper work. Polishers,
rolls, annealing furnace, enamelling furnace, and all kinds of other
tools make the shop complete enough for any work.
As the class is only a sort of pastime for us we have it at night and charge almost nothing for tuition.
The
worker first designs the piece and selects the stones and material to
be used. After the design has been criticised it is transferred to
metal and executed. We have no class problems or lectures. All the
pieces and all the criticism are individual. In that way we do not
allow any worker to leave a piece until it is well executed.
Most
of the workers are so interested in the work that they have their own
workshops and tools at home, and a number of them have not only
produced some very creditable pieces but have made good money in doing
it.
At the end of each term, that is just before Christmas and in June, we have an exhibit and sale of the class work.
We
send out copper plate invitation's and make a social affair of it and
succeed in selling most everything produced during the term. We have
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