International studio (27.1905/1906(1906))

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enlarge the province ot
modern activity in art, are
sure to meet with recog-
nition in Glasgow. And
along with their art may
triumph as well that spirit
of artistic independence
with which the promoters
and membersof theScottish
Guild of Handicraft have
reckoned since the begin-
ning.
F. A.


IRMINGHAM.
-—In reproduc-
ing Mr. Bernard
Cuzner’s designs


MURAL PANEL BY F. W. DAVIS
Claudio (aside): “ Bait the hook well; this fish will lute."—(Much Ado about Nothing,
Act II., Scene 3.)


MURAL PANEL

BY F. W. DAVIS

Dogberry: “First, who think •»ou the most desartless man to be Constable ?"—
Act III., Scene 3.

nowadays onlytoo common.
He allows his designs to
grow naturally and spon-
taneously. He does not
even adhere strictly to his
drawings; indeed, with him
these latter seldom amount
to anything more than a
rough sketch. As often as
not he finds his way with
the metals to his result,
doing altogether without
the preliminary effort on
paper. He takes every
advantage of the forms
that arise from the work-
ing of the material, and

we are giving the work of a
designer who has made a
strenuous attempt to make
simple and serviceable
things, at a price, too,
which is not fantastic.
Endeavouring, despite dis-
advantages, to work as the
metalworkers of old, in a
spirit which does not allow
that strain after eccentricity
which is based on a false
supposition of what is up
to date, Mr. Cuzner has
steadily set his face against
the affectation which is
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MURAL PANEL ™ F. W. DAVIS
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Prison Scene.