Keswick School of Industrial Art, Industrial arts school in Keswick, United Kingdom.
The Keswick School of Industrial Art is a former craft school in Keswick, in the Lake District of England, situated beside the River Greta. The building had workshop spaces on the ground floor and exhibition areas with a specialist library on the upper floor.
The school was founded in 1884 by Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley and his wife Edith to provide employment through evening classes in metalwork and woodworking. It closed in 1984 after exactly one hundred years of operation.
The school was known for its copper and silver work, producing handmade objects for everyday use and decoration. Many of these pieces are now held at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, where visitors can see the craft tradition in person.
The collection of metalwork from the school is now held at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, which is nearby in the town centre. A visit there gives a good sense of what was made in the workshops over the decades.
The building displayed a phrase on its facade reading 'The loving eye and patient hand Shall work with joy and bless the land'. This inscription stayed in place until the school closed in 1984.
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