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Kōrero: Crafts and applied arts

Woodcarving class, Wellington Technical School, 1897

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Woodcarving class, Wellington Technical School, 1897

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries woodcarving was a popular craft medium for women. Tuition was available at technical schools and female graduates used their skills in the home after they had married, or in business. This class of 1897 at Wellington Technical School was dominated by women – only one male student is visible.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-174106-F

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Douglas Lloyd Jenkins rāua ko Lucy Hammonds, Crafts and applied arts – Early craft education, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45269/woodcarving-class-wellington-technical-school-1897 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Douglas Lloyd Jenkins rāua ko Lucy Hammonds, i tāngia i te 16 May 2014.