You can watch real artisans blowing glass, making lye soap and carving chairs the old-fashioned way.

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Most who do not, and many of those at less academic schools, go ultimately into specialised training for one of around 350 trades, from gardening to glass-blowing.

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Panels of black glass hang from the ceiling and blowing hot breath on them, he explained, reveals engraved hidden messages.

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