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work that it was the full intention of the Technical Board to carry out the work in
the newly-acquired Aske's School in exactly the same way and on the same lines.
If this is done then the good to Shoreditch will be incalculable, otherwise the
change will be of no benefit.
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DRAWING AND DESIGN.
lnstrxictor Mr. W. BROAD.
Assistant Instructor Mr. S. H. STILLWELL.
The students attending this class are all artisans engaged in one or other of the
many branches of the cabinet industry—designers, woodcarvers, cabinet makers, chair
makers, or marquetry cutters—all desirous of gaining a thorough practical knowledge
of the application of design as applied to their several crafts.
It is my pleasant duty to report that the instruction afforded and the system
adopted is bearing good fruit. This can be seen, not only in the successes of the
students in open competition, but also by the adoption of true principles in the design
of their work.
It might not be out of place here to state that another of our students has
been able—simply by zealous application at this class—to mount another rung in the
industrial ladder by getting the position of designer in a large shop in the immediate
neighbourhood.
There is not the slightest doubt that the success of this class is entirely due to
the wide and varied experience of Mr. Broad, who in design as applied to the cabinet
industry has not a superior in the Metropolis ; and he has, in addition, the rare
skill of imparting his knowledge in such a masterly manner, that his pupils become
thoroughly interested, and feel compelled to attend his class.
One of the chief features of the class is the encouragement which is given to the
study of plant life and its varied application to design. This gives vitality and
interest to its production and produces conventionalities quite new and distinct.
Mastermen, who have visited the School, have been struck by the evidence of the
widespread ability shown in the work of the Students. There is no doubt that the
open spaces of Shoreditch which are so beautifully laid out, will be a great boon to
the Student of the drawing and design classes, inasmuch as they will furnish
material for him to work upon and thus save him the expense of buying, and also
going miles to see like specimens. The Student will be able to watch the developments
day by day, and so build up the structure of the plant in all its phases.
This kind of study, to those who are working in the production of cheap work,
which so greatly abounds in this locality, will open up a new life, and the toils of the
day will be forgotten in watching the wonders of nature.
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