International studio (26.1905)

The classes of work executed include modelled
and glazed ware; sgraffito, raised outline and
coloured glaze decoration ; slip, enamel and
underglaze painting. Various examples of pot-
tery, including large architectural pieces, which
are alike excellent in craftsmanship and concep-
tion, have been designed and executed at the
school, many of them receiving high awards in
the National Competition of Schools of Art.
Indeed, the school has always been very suc-
cessful in the competition, and during the past
year has obtained the highest award — a gold
medal — for pottery designed and executed in
actual material, this being gained by Charles Vyse
for a wall fountain, which has already been illus-
trated in these pages. The general work produced
by the school is of a high standard, and worthy
of sincere commendation,
being characterised by
sound and well-directed
instruction. A few of the
school works are here
illustrated.

important art schools in England. This surely is
an anomaly which should not exist.

It is obvious that, in common with many of our
industries, the pottery trade offers numerous oppor-
tunities for the sincere craftsman to intelligently
apply his art, and those opportunities exist not
only in connection with the manufacture of useful
pottery, but also in connection with the production
of decorative and architectural ceramics. Too
seldom do we observe amongst articles of utility,
and the objects which occupy places in our homes,
pottery which is sound and tasteful in decoration.
Frequently it is no more expensive to make an article
beautiful than to make it ugly, and one can well con-
ceive that the manufacture of pottery which is deco-
rative in the highest sense, and which at the same

It will thus be seen that
the school has become
more technical in character,
and this has been the case
in regard to most of the
more important schools in
the country, especially since
the Board of Education
have, through the medium
of the National Competi-
tion, encouraged the exe-
cution of works in actual
material. This is a welcome
innovation, but with it has
come an increased financial
burden, and if progress is
to be maintained the Board
of Education must render
greater monetary assistance
than they are at present
doing. The art schools of
the country are performing
as great a work as the
science and technical
schools, but the Board do
not similarly reward them
For instance, a certain ele-
mentary science school is
receiving in grants almost
as much as one of the most

BELT BUCKLES

DESIGNED BY F. J. PARTRIDGE
EXECUTED BY THE BARNSTAPLE
GUILD OF METAL WORKERS

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