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N.S.W. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 



X.^MODELLING IN PLASTER. 



Fig. 44. 



Figure 45 is a plaster venti- 

 lator, designed and modelled by 

 Mr. George Tame, student, Model- 

 ling Class, North Sydney Technical 

 School. 



Figure 44 shows a swag in 

 plaster-of-Paris, with a Waratah 

 as the dominant flower. Its appli- 

 cation in this selection is at once 

 api)arent. It is the work of Mr. 

 A. Murray, Teacher of Modelling 

 at the Sydney Technical College, 



Fig. 47. 



Fig. 45 



XI. -SILVERSMITH'S ART. 



The Waratah has long been a 

 favourite with the workers in gold and 

 silver, especially the latter, and is tcj be 

 found in various forms in almost every 

 jeweller's shop in Sydney. Waratah 

 l)rooches, buckles (enamel), and ohjets 

 lies arts are manufactured, and find a 

 ready sale. Figure 47 illustrates the 

 silversmith's art in embossed work on a 

 silky oak frame, thus forming an Aus- 

 tralian combination. 



The other objects here depicted 

 need not be detailed or particularised, 

 as they only further illustrate how the 

 silversmith favours this lloral trophy 

 in the works of Irs handicraft 



