DIYbanter - 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?

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