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Studio-Talk
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Sttidio-Talk
craftsman who brings much thought and feeling to
bear on his productions and is thoroughly at home
in the various methods incidental to the craft
of silversmith and enameller. Mr. Toms has
exhibited with the Arts and Crafts Society and
at the Royal Academy, and in addition to his pro-
fessional practice, is an instructor at the Blackheath
School of Art and the Woolwich Pol) technic.
We reproduce on the opposite page four
historical panels painted by Mr. Murray Urquhart
for the Glyndwr Institute at Machynlleth. They
have been designed for the wall of the reading-
SILVER BOWL. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD TOMS
144
SILVER TANKARD. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD TOMS
room forming part of the building known
as Glyndwr’s Parliament House, which had
for many years, until recently renovated and
applied to its present purpose, been used as
a private dwelling-house, and the artist’s
intention has been to give a general con-
ception of the Welsh hero’s character and
activities rather than to illustrate particular
incidents in his life, and to subordinate the
realistic element to decorative treatment.
Mr. David Davies, M.P., at whose expense
the Parliament House was renovated, is
also the donor of the panels.
The Baillie Gallery has been holding an
SILVER CHALICE. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD TOMS
Grand. Junction Canal, and Evening on the Canal,
he showed a fine sense of dignity in his pictorial
design, and handled difficult material with memor-
able skill. His less ambitious studies of flowers
and cocks and hens wTere completely satisfying in
their technical qualities and their harmony of rich,
low-toned colour; and his water-colours—in semi-
opaque pigment on tinted paper — charmed
particularly by their freshness and spontaneity of
method.
The illustrations on this page show examples
of the metal work of Mr. Richard Toms, an artist-
craftsman who brings much thought and feeling to
bear on his productions and is thoroughly at home
in the various methods incidental to the craft
of silversmith and enameller. Mr. Toms has
exhibited with the Arts and Crafts Society and
at the Royal Academy, and in addition to his pro-
fessional practice, is an instructor at the Blackheath
School of Art and the Woolwich Pol) technic.
We reproduce on the opposite page four
historical panels painted by Mr. Murray Urquhart
for the Glyndwr Institute at Machynlleth. They
have been designed for the wall of the reading-
SILVER BOWL. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD TOMS
144
SILVER TANKARD. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD TOMS
room forming part of the building known
as Glyndwr’s Parliament House, which had
for many years, until recently renovated and
applied to its present purpose, been used as
a private dwelling-house, and the artist’s
intention has been to give a general con-
ception of the Welsh hero’s character and
activities rather than to illustrate particular
incidents in his life, and to subordinate the
realistic element to decorative treatment.
Mr. David Davies, M.P., at whose expense
the Parliament House was renovated, is
also the donor of the panels.
The Baillie Gallery has been holding an
SILVER CHALICE. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD TOMS
Grand. Junction Canal, and Evening on the Canal,
he showed a fine sense of dignity in his pictorial
design, and handled difficult material with memor-
able skill. His less ambitious studies of flowers
and cocks and hens wTere completely satisfying in
their technical qualities and their harmony of rich,
low-toned colour; and his water-colours—in semi-
opaque pigment on tinted paper — charmed
particularly by their freshness and spontaneity of
method.
The illustrations on this page show examples
of the metal work of Mr. Richard Toms, an artist-