Studio: international art (9.1897)

The Arts and Crafts

design for stained glass apollo and the muses by g. woolliscroft rhead

But sufficient was seen at the New Gallery to avoid attempt to work in white upon black which has mas-

any fear lest he be mistaken for his brother, whose tered the problem so easily. To use a second outline

posters are being introduced in this country after a in white is a trick that has often led artists to

singularly wide success in the United States. terrible disaster. Here it is managed so deftly

Amongst Mr. Illingworth Kay's exhibits were and directly that you fail to observe it at first

four stencils, of which two were designed for book glance. Miss Hallward has won a distinct'

covers and two for ex libris. The two book covers place among illustrators by virtue of this

are shown on the oppo- single drawing, which,

site page, and it is only _ it may be added, is the

necessary further to add V?' copyright (strictly re-

that the varied and JwpV'SBfll served) of Mr. H. S.

broken colours in the ! jPfa, Nicholls. Would that

originals,which are only HB^V^fc % ■ the reservation pre-

slightly indicated in the vented imitators from

reproductions, add con- ■ '^Hte^^jrv ; attempting weak ver-

siderably to their effect. \^k\t>^> sions of the difficult

Under certain limited 1B> ^ convention it employs.

conditions, it is evident MScCj Without professing

that this method of 1 : to notice all, or even

decoration might be • \ \: . .-;-Wthe best, of eight hun-

used as Mr. Illingworth ,/ y^^^K^w dred and more exhi-

Kay has shown us,but a »Mir v^C- ^ bits, a few items may be

well-considered scheme picked at random to

of design and colour- ^^^Rjtff" i'"V" f C^^bSmP^ conclude these articles,

ing would be absolutely v5lfc<Vi<MMNm/KftwhTr The exhibits of the

necessary in order to _'^Mt^mmiimmimJEmjr______ Birmingham Guild of

make the idea accept- Handicrafts, which oc-

able to book lovers. hammered copper tray cupied thirty-two entries

. , . designed and executed by a. cameron . , ,

I he idea of a sten- in the catalogue, were

cilled book-plate is ad- distinguished by good

mirable, for it would be at once easy to apply and taste and good mechanism. No doubt a future occa-

difficult to remove from the volume. An entirely sion will allow adequate notice of work here dismissed

successful example, however, has yet to be de- with a most cordial word of sympathetic appreciation

signed. and congratulations to the young Guild to whose

The clever illustration to The Raven (see page enterprise The Quest is due. Mr. Batten's fine

283), by Ella F.G. Hallward, employs a striking con- design for needlework, Psyche before Persephone,

vention of its own. One can scarce recall any other is new, and charmingly wrought by Miss Agnes
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