DOI issue:
No. 63 (May, 1902)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22773#0220
Studio-Talk
are well and boldly drawn, and excellent for their
purpose, while some designs for colour printing,
by Mr. R. E. Edgecombe, are noteworthy.
routine work is very good, and the committee may
be congratulated upon several new departures and
alterations in the sessional programme.
A promising start has been made with
a school of bookbinding, which, under
a capable instructor and with the ad-
vantage of the supervision of Mr.
Douglas Cockerell, should do well.
The embroidery school, with the con-
tinued assistance of Miss May Morris,
has this year the further advantage of
the tuition of Miss Mary Newill, and
shows signs of new vigour. Classes in
stained glass, illuminating, and wood
carving, under able instructors, have
been instituted, and are represented by
work of more than average merit.
The bookbinding exhibit is at present small, but
the work of Miss J. F. Green deserves praise for
BY A. WATSON
Miss Geraldine Morris’s drawings for book illus-
tration are capital, though perhaps she is rather too
wedded to Medievalism. Her design for stained
glass, Hylas and the Water Nymphs, is simple
but very effective. Promising work in this section
is also shown by Miss Macgregor, Miss K. M-
Eadie, and R. J. Stubington, F. H. Round, and
C. E. M. Pollack. Designing for wall-papers and
printed fabrics does not seem to appeal strongly
to Birmingham students, probably because the
city is not a centre for such industries. There
are chiefly juvenile examples shown, but the
work of F. M. Eggison and H. Camm deserves
mention.
All these innovations are steps in the
right direction, showing how fully the
authorities of the school are alive to the
need for capable craftsmen. There is
some interesting work in the modelling
section. The modelled study of the
figure of a girl by A. Watson, is admir-
able, and this student’s appreciation of
design is shown in some plaster models
for an electric light centre, a bell push,
and some good designs for medals;
while the modelled studies of Miss
Woolner, Miss K. Navavarian, and
S. Gough are all well carried out. In
drawing for reproduction some strong
studies of heads in black and white, for
block printing, the work of E. F. Hill,
FIGURE OF A GIRL
YATSOK
200
are well and boldly drawn, and excellent for their
purpose, while some designs for colour printing,
by Mr. R. E. Edgecombe, are noteworthy.
routine work is very good, and the committee may
be congratulated upon several new departures and
alterations in the sessional programme.
A promising start has been made with
a school of bookbinding, which, under
a capable instructor and with the ad-
vantage of the supervision of Mr.
Douglas Cockerell, should do well.
The embroidery school, with the con-
tinued assistance of Miss May Morris,
has this year the further advantage of
the tuition of Miss Mary Newill, and
shows signs of new vigour. Classes in
stained glass, illuminating, and wood
carving, under able instructors, have
been instituted, and are represented by
work of more than average merit.
The bookbinding exhibit is at present small, but
the work of Miss J. F. Green deserves praise for
BY A. WATSON
Miss Geraldine Morris’s drawings for book illus-
tration are capital, though perhaps she is rather too
wedded to Medievalism. Her design for stained
glass, Hylas and the Water Nymphs, is simple
but very effective. Promising work in this section
is also shown by Miss Macgregor, Miss K. M-
Eadie, and R. J. Stubington, F. H. Round, and
C. E. M. Pollack. Designing for wall-papers and
printed fabrics does not seem to appeal strongly
to Birmingham students, probably because the
city is not a centre for such industries. There
are chiefly juvenile examples shown, but the
work of F. M. Eggison and H. Camm deserves
mention.
All these innovations are steps in the
right direction, showing how fully the
authorities of the school are alive to the
need for capable craftsmen. There is
some interesting work in the modelling
section. The modelled study of the
figure of a girl by A. Watson, is admir-
able, and this student’s appreciation of
design is shown in some plaster models
for an electric light centre, a bell push,
and some good designs for medals;
while the modelled studies of Miss
Woolner, Miss K. Navavarian, and
S. Gough are all well carried out. In
drawing for reproduction some strong
studies of heads in black and white, for
block printing, the work of E. F. Hill,
FIGURE OF A GIRL
YATSOK
200