International studio (23.1904)

Clement Heaton


inasmuch as they are but different forms of colour
decoration expressed in different materials. And
this practical work always carried on with ideal
ends in view has led him to the conclusion that
life is one, that the material and the spiritual, the
beautiful and the necessary should not be dis-
associated.
Trained in one of the best London studios—in
Newman Street—as a glass painter, and thus

fineness everywhere perceptible in his handling of
the materials of his art. He has found that several
branches of study he has pursued are analogous,

ART OF A PANEL IN FAIENCE
BY CLEMENT HEATON

PLAQUE IN CLOISONNE : “ THE CASCADE ” BY CLEMENT HEATON

acquiring a close and thorough know-
ledge of the technique of old glass painting,
he at length entered the firm founded by
his father in London. Such complex aims,
however, as he had set before himself
could not be attained within the limits
of production on one given line, and it was
long necessary to work in complete liberty,
shaping a personal ideal and mastering
one after another the studies he had
undertaken. At that time public interest
in new developments of decorative art
had not been awakened by the Arts and
Crafts Exhibitions, etc., and individual
effort in untried directions which were not
in harmony with the Gothic revival excited
little attention. Years were spent by the

VASE IN CLOISONNE BY CLEMENT HEATON

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