Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Silver Smithing Workshop Mr. Kielman, the craftsman who taught the silversmithing workshop, originally came from Holland. It was there that he learned his craft, gold and silversmithing. He has been doing this work for a living most of his life, and he is one of the best, if not the best in his field. Appleby was very lucky to have a workshop run by Mr. Kielman. It was Mr. McConnel who organized the workshop. He applied for a grant from the Art Council of Canada which paid for 75 0 of the costs. The school paid the rest, so the only thing the boys in the workshop had to pay for was the silver used in the rings. It was Mr. McConnel ' s goal to run a silver- smithing workshop at Appleby after he himself participated in one in Toronto. The instructor there was Mr. Kielman, so naturally Mr. McConnel wanted him to do our workshop. David Durdan ' Too many people these days lack the ability to express themselves both verbally and artistically; the workshop has given me another media through which I may express myself. ' ' It ' s a satisfying ex- perience to see something you have made yourself and say, I did it and J did it all myself. '

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