DOI Heft:
No. 342 (September 1921)
DOI Artikel:The Central School of Arts and Crafts
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21393#0118
THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
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IMPRESSION FROM A
DIE. BY R. H. DOUGHTY
takes cognisance of all forms of decoration
associated with the exterior and interior of
buildings, plaster and metal casting, stone
and ivory carving being among its
specialities, while stained glass work also
falls within this department; and then
there is the school of book production
which, in view of the importance of this
branch of industry in London, rightly
occupies a prominent place in the activities
of the Central School, and comprises, in
addition to the routine usually associated
with letterpress printing and binding, the
various graphic arts, such as woodcutting
and engraving, lithography, etching and
mezzotint, book illustration and poster
design. Ancillary instruction is also given
in architecture and the building crafts and
in drawing and painting. 000
Of the soundness of the methods pursued
in these departments the work brought
together in the recent exhibition afforded
eloquent evidence. While drawing and de-
sign play an important part in the various
curricula, the fundamental aim of the in-
stitution is production, and the large num-
ber of completed examples of work executed
by the students showed how well this aim
is being fulfilled. The uniformly high
standard of achievement revealed in this
display could not have been attained but
for the discrimination exercised by the
Principal in the admission of students. All
who seek admission to the Central School
must satisfy him that they have mastered
the rudiments of the crafts they desire to
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pursue and give promise of benefiting by
the generous facilities offered to them.
Though the school is intended mainly for
those who intend to practise the various
crafts professionally, amateurs are admitted
at the discretion of the Principal, but no
easy going " slacker " is tolerated, and if
by chance any such should gain admission,
his stay is not likely to be a long one.
Extensive as is the accommodation pro-
vided in this large building, it is now by
no means more than sufficient for the large
body of earnest students who throng the
class rooms. The number on the roll last
session was well over two thousand, includ-
ing the boys attending the day technical
schools and a small group of ex-service
men who were receiving instruction in
certain crafts, a a 0 0 a
The school now grants a diploma in
craftsmanship, which is awarded only after
evidence of a high standard of craft educa-
tion and the production of an original piece
of craftsmanship executed by the candidate
after practising his craft professionally for
two years at least. a a 0 0
In the new session, beginning at the
end of September, Sir Banister Fletcher
is to give a course of lectures on mediaeval
architecture and Professor Selwyn Image
will resume the lectures he gave last session
on " Some Historical Aspects of Art." 0
IMPRESSION FROMA
DIE. BY R. H. DOUGHTY
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IMPRESSION FROM A
DIE. BY R. H. DOUGHTY
takes cognisance of all forms of decoration
associated with the exterior and interior of
buildings, plaster and metal casting, stone
and ivory carving being among its
specialities, while stained glass work also
falls within this department; and then
there is the school of book production
which, in view of the importance of this
branch of industry in London, rightly
occupies a prominent place in the activities
of the Central School, and comprises, in
addition to the routine usually associated
with letterpress printing and binding, the
various graphic arts, such as woodcutting
and engraving, lithography, etching and
mezzotint, book illustration and poster
design. Ancillary instruction is also given
in architecture and the building crafts and
in drawing and painting. 000
Of the soundness of the methods pursued
in these departments the work brought
together in the recent exhibition afforded
eloquent evidence. While drawing and de-
sign play an important part in the various
curricula, the fundamental aim of the in-
stitution is production, and the large num-
ber of completed examples of work executed
by the students showed how well this aim
is being fulfilled. The uniformly high
standard of achievement revealed in this
display could not have been attained but
for the discrimination exercised by the
Principal in the admission of students. All
who seek admission to the Central School
must satisfy him that they have mastered
the rudiments of the crafts they desire to
102
pursue and give promise of benefiting by
the generous facilities offered to them.
Though the school is intended mainly for
those who intend to practise the various
crafts professionally, amateurs are admitted
at the discretion of the Principal, but no
easy going " slacker " is tolerated, and if
by chance any such should gain admission,
his stay is not likely to be a long one.
Extensive as is the accommodation pro-
vided in this large building, it is now by
no means more than sufficient for the large
body of earnest students who throng the
class rooms. The number on the roll last
session was well over two thousand, includ-
ing the boys attending the day technical
schools and a small group of ex-service
men who were receiving instruction in
certain crafts, a a 0 0 a
The school now grants a diploma in
craftsmanship, which is awarded only after
evidence of a high standard of craft educa-
tion and the production of an original piece
of craftsmanship executed by the candidate
after practising his craft professionally for
two years at least. a a 0 0
In the new session, beginning at the
end of September, Sir Banister Fletcher
is to give a course of lectures on mediaeval
architecture and Professor Selwyn Image
will resume the lectures he gave last session
on " Some Historical Aspects of Art." 0
IMPRESSION FROMA
DIE. BY R. H. DOUGHTY