International studio (53.1914)

Studio- Talk

and the absence from the exhibition of no fewer
than twelve members, some of them of considerable
prominence in the sphere of work which has led
them to associate together, might under ordinary
circumstances have seriously affected the interest
of the show. As it was, however, the exhibits,
though they numbered only sixty-two, included
numerous examples of colour-printing from both
wood and metal which were very pleasing in
subject-matter and also interesting on the score of
technique. Mr. W. Giles, who has developed a
method of producing prints from metal plates in
relief, showed a couple of prints by this method,
which he has employed with a very effective result
in The Old Basilica in the Apennines, and Mr.
Giles also showed two attractive prints by the same
process. Among other items to be noted were Mr.
Frederick Marriott’s sand-ground etchings, Archway
at Moret and Moonrise, his mezzotint Falaise by
Night, and his etching of The Chateau, Montbazon ;
Mr. Alfred Hartley’s Harvesting and The Glade:
Mr. Lawrenson’s aquatint, Gateway of the House of
Rabelais, Chinon; Mr. Sydney Lee’s aquatint, The
Church Tower-, Mr. Woolliscroft Rhead’s The
Mermaid and other prints ; the wood prints of Mr.
E. A. Verpilleux,’ Mr. Hans Frank, and Miss
Miriam Deane; Mr. W. Monk’s Richmond Bridge
(line and aquatint); Mr. Mackie’s block-print caprices
in the manner of Greek vases and the prints of Mr.
Theodore Roussel and Mr. Raphael Roussel.
In a recent issue we illustrated an example of
wood sculpture by Mr. Alec Miller, of Chipping
Campden in Gloucestershire, in the shape of the
statue of a palmer or pilgrim, the work being a
commission for Urswick Church in Lancashire. In
the meantime he has completed a carved oak door
for the same church, and of this we now give
an illustration. The door, like the figure just
mentioned, is part of a general scheme of restoration
which has been in progress during the past six
or seven years, under the supervision of Mr. D. J.
Brundrit, architect, of Ulverston, who is responsible
for the scheme. The work so far accomplished in-
cludes altar rails, choir stalls, reredos and panelling,
rood-screen, organ-case, outside doors, and the
door here shown, the joinery being by a local
artisan, while all the carving has been done by Mr.
Miller. The Annunciation panel in the vestry door
is carved in about one-inch relief, the rail below
with the little angels being only about a quarter
of an inch in relief. The restoration of Urswick
Church has been carried out mainly through the
generosity of Miss S. J. Petty, of Ulverston.

Chipping Campden, where Mr. Miller has carried
out the work just mentioned, is an old market
town situated about 500 feet above sea-level on the
northern end of the Cotswolds, and is remarkable as
being one of the few places—if not, indeed, the only
place—in the kingdom where a Summer School of
Arts and Crafts is held. The school has been
carried on since 1906 under the auspices of the
public educational authorities, and usually starts the
second week in August and lasts four weeks. The
subjects taught are goldsmithing, silversmithing,
jewellery, and enamelling, and other branches


CARVED OAK DOOR TO VESTRY AT URSWICK
CHURCH, LANCASHIRE. DESIGNED BY D. J.
BRUNDRIT, A.R.I.B.A., CARVED BY ALEC
MILLER

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