Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 16, 1994 TAG: 9410170024
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-20 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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The exhibit in the gallery, room 225 in Squires Student Center, will run through Dec. 8. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, noon to 10 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 10 p.m.
Ramsden began as an apprentice to a silver manufacturer at age14. He met Alwyn Carr, his future partner, while a student at the Sheffield School of Art. The two opened a workshop in 1898 and became known for their English arts and crafts style of silver work.
They followed the arts and crafts movement that hoped to revive the pre-industrial tradition of handiwork, quality and artistry. The workshop produced luxurious hand-crafted pieces representing the highest standard of the period.
Ramsden and Carr operated the workshop more as a studio than a retail business. Yearly exhibitions of their work were attended by their wealthy clients.
The partnership dissolved in 1919 after Carr's service in the English Army during World War I. Ramsden continued to run the workshop successfully until his death in 1939.
The pieces on display are part of the collection of Vivian and David Campbell of Toronto. David A. Hanks and Associates and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service organized the exhibition.
The gallery will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 18 and remain closed through Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday. For more information, call 231-5431.
by CNB