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DOI Artikel:Rodeck, P.: Art education in Egypt
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Art Education in Egypt
tion. Previously to this designs were not put on
to squared paper in any part of Egypt, and the
introduction of the squared-paper pattern was
therefore an important step in the production of
more elaborate and interesting designs. Mr.
Stewart also introduced a course of ornamental
wrought-iron work and sheet-metal work, which has
so far proved successful and has warranted a
further extension during the last year 1914-15,
when a course of light metal-work and jewellery
was started.
At present the students in the section of Arts
and Crafts number forty-two in the various crafts
of weaving, wood-carving, and cabinet-making,
interior decoration, and metal-work. Past students
have already shown the value of the section by
being appointed to posts as directors of weaving
schools or foremen in other trade schools, and one
student sent to specialise in weaving
and design at the Bradford Tech-
nical College has passed the City
and Guilds of London examination,
obtaining the second prize in his
college and receiving the diploma
after a two years’ training in Eng¬
land.
The present writer has had the
good fortune to serve on the Board
of Examiners in the annual examina-
tions for diplomas instituted during
the last three years in the Arts and
Crafts section of the Boulaq Tech-
nical School. This has afforded
him an opportunity of becoming
familiar with the teaching provided
and the work produced at the
school and it has been a real pleasure
to watch the steady development of
the training provided and the re-
markable progress made by the
students. Under Mr. Stewart’s
sympathetic direction the scope of
the training supplied has been much
enlarged and is conducted on such
lines that the individuality of each
student is brought out and allowed
free expression. An excellent
feature of the training is the fact
that, in almost all the crafts dealt
with, designing is not allowed to
become a purely academic exercise,
but the students are taught to carry
out what they design.
We are not able with these notes to
show examples of designs in all the industrial arts
taught. Of these, metal-work, cabinet-making,
wood-carving and inlaying, as well as painted mural
decoration, are among the most promising sections,
and their products should find a ready local market.
However, the design for tapestry and the three
designs for woven fabrics which figure among the
accompanying illustrations are good examples of
the tendencies of the school. It is interesting
to find similar tendencies in the designs for
painted tiles and plates, and at the same time to
note how suitable each group of designs is to the
materials in which it is to be executed. The
design for a book cover is also representative of
much of the students’ work, and the three designs
for rugs again show the same appropriateness of
the design to its material, undoubtedly due to the
happy combination of practical work with abstract
DESIGN FOR A RUG. BY A STUDENT OF THE BOULAQ TECHNICAL SCHOOL
130
tion. Previously to this designs were not put on
to squared paper in any part of Egypt, and the
introduction of the squared-paper pattern was
therefore an important step in the production of
more elaborate and interesting designs. Mr.
Stewart also introduced a course of ornamental
wrought-iron work and sheet-metal work, which has
so far proved successful and has warranted a
further extension during the last year 1914-15,
when a course of light metal-work and jewellery
was started.
At present the students in the section of Arts
and Crafts number forty-two in the various crafts
of weaving, wood-carving, and cabinet-making,
interior decoration, and metal-work. Past students
have already shown the value of the section by
being appointed to posts as directors of weaving
schools or foremen in other trade schools, and one
student sent to specialise in weaving
and design at the Bradford Tech-
nical College has passed the City
and Guilds of London examination,
obtaining the second prize in his
college and receiving the diploma
after a two years’ training in Eng¬
land.
The present writer has had the
good fortune to serve on the Board
of Examiners in the annual examina-
tions for diplomas instituted during
the last three years in the Arts and
Crafts section of the Boulaq Tech-
nical School. This has afforded
him an opportunity of becoming
familiar with the teaching provided
and the work produced at the
school and it has been a real pleasure
to watch the steady development of
the training provided and the re-
markable progress made by the
students. Under Mr. Stewart’s
sympathetic direction the scope of
the training supplied has been much
enlarged and is conducted on such
lines that the individuality of each
student is brought out and allowed
free expression. An excellent
feature of the training is the fact
that, in almost all the crafts dealt
with, designing is not allowed to
become a purely academic exercise,
but the students are taught to carry
out what they design.
We are not able with these notes to
show examples of designs in all the industrial arts
taught. Of these, metal-work, cabinet-making,
wood-carving and inlaying, as well as painted mural
decoration, are among the most promising sections,
and their products should find a ready local market.
However, the design for tapestry and the three
designs for woven fabrics which figure among the
accompanying illustrations are good examples of
the tendencies of the school. It is interesting
to find similar tendencies in the designs for
painted tiles and plates, and at the same time to
note how suitable each group of designs is to the
materials in which it is to be executed. The
design for a book cover is also representative of
much of the students’ work, and the three designs
for rugs again show the same appropriateness of
the design to its material, undoubtedly due to the
happy combination of practical work with abstract
DESIGN FOR A RUG. BY A STUDENT OF THE BOULAQ TECHNICAL SCHOOL
130