DOI Heft:
No. 90 (August, 1904)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26962#0200
Studio-Talk
Special interest always
attaches to the jewellery
and metal-work, in view
of the importance of these
industries in Birming-
ham. There were fewer
enamels, but all were of
good quality. A panel in
Limoges by Miss G. M.
Hart has been selected
for the South Kensington
exhibit at the St. Louis
Exhibition ; and mention
should be made of some
nice examples by Miss L.
Raine and Miss L. A. M.
Meyer.
Jewellery still shows
strong evidence of the
restraint imposed by the
master last year, and, if
more carefully designed
and executed this year, has
rather too much of a
tendency towards a type
which, although good, may
possibly narrow the ideals
of the students. Good
work has been done by
Messrs. W. H. Meggs
and G. E. Hides, Misses
IS8
“the nut-brown maid'’
BY JOSEPH E. SOUTHALl.
In the greater attention paid to the branch of
lettering and heraldic drawing, one sees a welcome
recognition of its general value to students, beyond
the merely technical point of view. Leather-work
and bookbinding showed considerable advance,
good examples being shown by Mr. A. R. Turner
and E. G. Butler, among others. All these depart-
ments are making great strides, and, as tending to
the more immediate connection of the school with
practical craftsmanship, this is an important point
to notice. In other advanced work, Miss Geraldine
Morris displayed her appreciation of colour in tem-
pera design for a piano
front and an overmantel,
although her drawing was
still rather stiff and man-
nered. Mr. J. Lacon, in
an incised and stained
wood - panel, gave evi-
dence of considerable
power and invention.
E. M. Boddington, A. S. Pool, M. Hart, and Mrs.
Linnell; works and designs of the two last named
having also been selected for the St. Louis exhibi-
tion. Mr. J. Warren showed good work in the
metal-work class, which generally gave evidence of
sound instruction on the right lines. Might it not
be as well occasionally to attempt something more
ambitious ? A presentation trophy or a fine piece
of ecclesiastical work should surely be within the
scope of the ability at command. It is largely
in such work, where public or private munificence
leaves greater scope and offers higher prizes to fine
Special interest always
attaches to the jewellery
and metal-work, in view
of the importance of these
industries in Birming-
ham. There were fewer
enamels, but all were of
good quality. A panel in
Limoges by Miss G. M.
Hart has been selected
for the South Kensington
exhibit at the St. Louis
Exhibition ; and mention
should be made of some
nice examples by Miss L.
Raine and Miss L. A. M.
Meyer.
Jewellery still shows
strong evidence of the
restraint imposed by the
master last year, and, if
more carefully designed
and executed this year, has
rather too much of a
tendency towards a type
which, although good, may
possibly narrow the ideals
of the students. Good
work has been done by
Messrs. W. H. Meggs
and G. E. Hides, Misses
IS8
“the nut-brown maid'’
BY JOSEPH E. SOUTHALl.
In the greater attention paid to the branch of
lettering and heraldic drawing, one sees a welcome
recognition of its general value to students, beyond
the merely technical point of view. Leather-work
and bookbinding showed considerable advance,
good examples being shown by Mr. A. R. Turner
and E. G. Butler, among others. All these depart-
ments are making great strides, and, as tending to
the more immediate connection of the school with
practical craftsmanship, this is an important point
to notice. In other advanced work, Miss Geraldine
Morris displayed her appreciation of colour in tem-
pera design for a piano
front and an overmantel,
although her drawing was
still rather stiff and man-
nered. Mr. J. Lacon, in
an incised and stained
wood - panel, gave evi-
dence of considerable
power and invention.
E. M. Boddington, A. S. Pool, M. Hart, and Mrs.
Linnell; works and designs of the two last named
having also been selected for the St. Louis exhibi-
tion. Mr. J. Warren showed good work in the
metal-work class, which generally gave evidence of
sound instruction on the right lines. Might it not
be as well occasionally to attempt something more
ambitious ? A presentation trophy or a fine piece
of ecclesiastical work should surely be within the
scope of the ability at command. It is largely
in such work, where public or private munificence
leaves greater scope and offers higher prizes to fine