. International studio. mand short prep-aration lor quick success. We can onlj speak, then, ol the lew indi\ [dual silversmiths w ho deem their lives well spent in making beautiful orinteresting that which is made lor utilitarian pur-poses. And \ct these devoted lew have createda place lor themselves in the art world. They haveovercome incredible obstacles; they have com-batted their malevolent enemj, the machine; theyhave found ways ol escaping from the deadeninginfluences that compel production of an endlessnumber ol objects, one the exact duplicate of theother, that menaced all individual e
. International studio. mand short prep-aration lor quick success. We can onlj speak, then, ol the lew indi\ [dual silversmiths w ho deem their lives well spent in making beautiful orinteresting that which is made lor utilitarian pur-poses. And \ct these devoted lew have createda place lor themselves in the art world. They haveovercome incredible obstacles; they have com-batted their malevolent enemj, the machine; theyhave found ways ol escaping from the deadeninginfluences that compel production of an endlessnumber ol objects, one the exact duplicate of theother, that menaced all individual have succeeded infinding a clientele, which,year by year, is ever grow-ing more appreciative andmore numerous. But can a master silver-smith, single-handed, underpresent factory conditions,make a living? Perhapsnot, but it has been proventhat small groups of crafts-men, working harmoniouslytogether, practicing econ-omy of both time andmaterial, are not only ableto produce work thatreveals a line aesthetic. they have become asignificant factor inbringing to the publicconsciousness the factthat art neednot be the ex-clusive pro-perty of the A SILVER CIBORICM DESIGNED AND EXECUTEDBY ARTHUR E. STONE d -< ,^i
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