The continuing success of the Workshop and her belief in the value of apprenticeship has convinced Lida of the urgent need to draw attention to this endangered practice. This book is both a reminder of what apprenticeship used to be and a guide to what it can and should be today. It is also a warning, and a plea that this- a vital way of learning- should not be ignored or even lost. David Kindersley strongly believed that the mysteries of his and other crafts should be passed on to future generations, and that it was the ...
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The continuing success of the Workshop and her belief in the value of apprenticeship has convinced Lida of the urgent need to draw attention to this endangered practice. This book is both a reminder of what apprenticeship used to be and a guide to what it can and should be today. It is also a warning, and a plea that this- a vital way of learning- should not be ignored or even lost. David Kindersley strongly believed that the mysteries of his and other crafts should be passed on to future generations, and that it was the practitioner's duty to see that this happened. Over the years since the 1940s some 50 apprentices have been trained to carve letters in stone at David Kindersley's Workshop and at its successor, the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop: the demand by a discerning public for hand-carved inscriptions is ever increasing. As well a training apprentices, David in his lifetime, and Lida- his apprentice, partner and wife- have spread the word of lettercutting through lectures, workshops and exhibitions.
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