I had never seen Cutler’s Hall, just north of Paternoster Square, designed by T. Tayler Smith and with a terracotta frieze by Benjamin Creswick, a young knife-grinder who turned sculptor under the tutelage of Ruskin and died in 1946, having been Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Birmingham Society. The frieze shows the craft processes of the cutler – forging, grinding, hafting and finishing:-
Delightful frieze. Thank you. We mustn’t lose those Craft skills.
A stunningly elaborate freize. It would not be done these days – using cost excuses. A very dismal prospect. Thank you for the post.
Mary