ARTS AND CRAFTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1081, 19 August 1926, Page 6

ARTS AND CRAFTS

WHO m Auckland has not heard of Rueben Watts? Like many another man he has to make a living, but it is safe to say that he does not make the accumulation of filthy lucre his sole objective m life. , ; He is a man of high artistic — using the word m its correct sense — development, and it is by art m several of its branches that he makes his living.

Metal work, m mediums base or precious, is his bent. Whether it be. a marquise ring for the finger of some dainty lady, or a brass tray, he has the ability to turn out the article with all the finish and beauty of a

master - craftsm an .

To meet such a man m these days of. crazy hustle is stimulating and refreshing; it resembles the serenity of a backwater after the burling of a river m full spate. v Time has silvered and thinned his locks, and long hours of concentration over bench and brazier have lined his kindly countenance, , but his brain is young and his mind still nimble. His home on North Shore, Auckland, is indicative of the man. \ To step inside it is to go back a century; it is a place ■of quaint corners, beams and Inglenooks.