Studio: international art (80.1920)

THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS

"FEEDING THE CALVES." LITHO-
GRAPH BY VIVIEN GRIBBLE

kind in the Kingdom, and the names of
about two thousand students are on its
books. Since its foundation other crafts
schools have been established by the
Council, and these also have made ex-
cellent progress. But last year, reverting
to what was always the original intention,
the Council decided that the school in
Southampton Row should be its Central
School in the highest sense, and that it
should be provided with ample facilities
for the most advanced practice in silver-
smiths' work and its allied crafts ; textiles ;
stained glass and mosaic; painted, sculp-
tured and architectural decoration ; book
production; furniture; dress design;
and engraving. The necessary auxiliary
instruction is also provided in architecture
and building crafts, and in drawing and
painting. 0000a

In its present development the Central
School is really a group of schools con-
gregated under one roof, each conducted
independently but working in co-
ordination with the rest, and all directed

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by the Principal. It may be compared
in some respects with a University, and
in this connection it is interesting to
know that the Council has lately decided
to empower its Central School to grant
diplomas for craftsmanship. The award
of its diploma will demand a high standard
of achievement in the craft practised,
and will probably be based on examination
and on the production of an original

WOODCUT BY RACHEL
A. MARSHALL

(By permission of Messrs.
Heal and Son)