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S!^t, 1947 THE ECHO PAGE ElaEVEN APPINESS-4 ^ALPH ERSKI^fej oOo ‘■lot ** your hands” is the slogan which appears on the ® catalog published by a certain tool company. This slogan 4oJ* u applied to the satisfaction of making things J hands. Almost everyone has a hobby of some sort; garden- ■"P collecting, woodworking—I suppose you might class golf ^Jicing and baseball too, as '"'u, since Mr. Webster jj ,® hobby as “an occupa- . ®terest to which one gives time.” " Marse Grant asked me to * Article on my hobby, I 1 enlisted the aid of I 6s Ray to do the photog- *^ce that is his hobby, reputation as a pho- ‘v ®®d leading member of Camera Club is well ■'Han photographs. ^iHj^he silver work, all the Us^ated were made by have not changed Jiien first began to consist of ihij ®®ws, silversmiths’ ham- of various shapes, ‘stakes” on which to HJif. and about the ,ij.®®sion to modem meth- ^ a ®^ylene torch for heat. 5j “esign is decided upon, ■'Itff ivy leaf pin, it is •lit .r to sheet silver and atg ® a jeweler’s saw. The on the surface by Lj^er chaser’s chisel and he leaf is then bent or fhe desired shape with hammer. After or “findings” are u* is , to the back, the >,*5(l,,^*ckeled” in sulphuric i(t? ** polished on a motor- Wg The last steps are A piece in a sulphur ' ° darken the impres- 1I the final polish j, *lie the highlights. t'*>e illustrated, per-. ® Vi difficult to make 3^1 lapel-pin, which is ® long. Each sep- tail neck, scroll, Sut ®*®ce and body, was t 22 gauge sheet silver together -Jf Ck- polishing. *ir iv remunerative besides relaxation n* Som ^°”^®one once told I 'Jsii, ® of his most profit- i of ^oi^- closed lit, 9 k ,^*iks, so there is a more than paying 'Aug °‘her friend of mine ^ ,*h .®’ undoubted- «^°^it- In my own case, ,, ’’^ting ‘in the red” A A jj *'^sual as hobbies go. 1 continue to it, ■'lav ^ produce, event- '*■!! *'etK ®”*°'^tize my invest- happens or \ Pleasure and exper- ®^®nting in an art V®^ going in on ^l*ousands of years iii Top photo shows Ralph Erskine, machine tender on No. 5 paper machine, using a jeweler’s saw with which all jewelry shown below was cut. The saw blade is .008 inch thick and has 65 teeth to the inch. Below, the acorn ear rings form a set with the oak leaf. Lower left is a grape leaf brooch with matching neck lace. Lower right is a brooch and earrings shaped like ar tists’ palettes with brushes. (Photos by Dr. Charles Ray)
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