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Pearls of your Craft...
The apprentice becomes the journeyman, the journeyman becomes the
artisan, the artisan becomes the artist, and this is a natural cycle of time and progress. Throughout each stage of this learning process, pearls of knowledge and understanding are gathered along the way. The pearls of your craft are books you have read, the processes you have learned, and the successes and failures you have found in each succeeding venture. The objective is to establish academic environment for apprenticeship, where young men and women will learn to work the resistant materials of craft--wood and other fibers, the many diverse metals, and the friable soils that become glass, plaster, pottery, and porcelain--you name it. All of these materials are inherent to the occupation of man. Earlier, I related how I had learned to follow the grain when carving wood into beads. As the grain is exposed, concentric circles of grain line are formed to perfect each shape. The bead becomes more than just the dimensional equivalent, it is a pearl. To read the grain creates endows art in the carving. You should see how it works on the contours of a face. Each craftsman possesses pearls of his craft, such knowledge and understanding. What wisdoms would you impart to a young apprentice beginning his journey? LivingTrade.org http:/groups.google.com/group/senior-apprentice |
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