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No. 90 (September, 1900)
DOI Artikel:Wood, Esther: The national competition, 1900
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19785#0291
The National Competition, 1900
a good example of this work. To express a
decorative figure in the fewest possible lines,
and these with due regard to the forms that can
be safely pierced in the stencil-plate, demands
a selective eye and keen invention and judg-
ment on the student's part if the result is to be
a bold and clearly defined ornament, and not a
mere glint of colour seen, as it were, through a
grille. The charm of colour thus treated may,
of course, play a large part in the effect of a
good stencil, but it is more important to obtain,
through the slight and broken forms permitted
to it, the impression of an ornamental figure at
once simple, fluent, and well sustained. Other
excellent friezes are by W. K. Blacklock (South
Kensington), S. Griggs (Blackburn), R. W.
Higham (Holloway), John A. Chell (Wolver-
hampton), Jessie Gavin and Roberta Glasgow
(Liverpool). The designs for stencilled hang-
ings show a marked improvement; one by
George K. Wood (Bradford) is especially suc-
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cessful. There are also some good designs for
hangings and friezes intended to go together,
the figure on the frieze being modified to suit
the folds of the textile, or contrasted there with
some different style of ornament. Fred Smith
(Keighley) achieves a happy combination of this
kind, and among the separate hangings those of
David Hill (Battersea), Arthur Walbank (South
Kensington), and Ethel Smith (Nottingham)
deserve special mention.
Textiles are altogether the strongest feature in
this year's work, and seem to suggest that many
of the designing schools are—as they should
always be—in actual touch with the process of
manufacture. Printed muslins seem to be a very
favourite subject with the students, and quite a
number of exhibits in this class are extremely
pretty and suitable. Five of the best are from
Battersea, by John Ray, Bernard Smithers, Mary F.
Mitchell, Sarah C. V. Jarvis, and Thos. W. Long.
The work of this last designer is admirable in its
a good example of this work. To express a
decorative figure in the fewest possible lines,
and these with due regard to the forms that can
be safely pierced in the stencil-plate, demands
a selective eye and keen invention and judg-
ment on the student's part if the result is to be
a bold and clearly defined ornament, and not a
mere glint of colour seen, as it were, through a
grille. The charm of colour thus treated may,
of course, play a large part in the effect of a
good stencil, but it is more important to obtain,
through the slight and broken forms permitted
to it, the impression of an ornamental figure at
once simple, fluent, and well sustained. Other
excellent friezes are by W. K. Blacklock (South
Kensington), S. Griggs (Blackburn), R. W.
Higham (Holloway), John A. Chell (Wolver-
hampton), Jessie Gavin and Roberta Glasgow
(Liverpool). The designs for stencilled hang-
ings show a marked improvement; one by
George K. Wood (Bradford) is especially suc-
DESIGN FOR BELLOWS BY BEATRICE M. TURNER
256
DESIGN FOR A BY CHARLES R. WILLETT
BAROMETER CASE
cessful. There are also some good designs for
hangings and friezes intended to go together,
the figure on the frieze being modified to suit
the folds of the textile, or contrasted there with
some different style of ornament. Fred Smith
(Keighley) achieves a happy combination of this
kind, and among the separate hangings those of
David Hill (Battersea), Arthur Walbank (South
Kensington), and Ethel Smith (Nottingham)
deserve special mention.
Textiles are altogether the strongest feature in
this year's work, and seem to suggest that many
of the designing schools are—as they should
always be—in actual touch with the process of
manufacture. Printed muslins seem to be a very
favourite subject with the students, and quite a
number of exhibits in this class are extremely
pretty and suitable. Five of the best are from
Battersea, by John Ray, Bernard Smithers, Mary F.
Mitchell, Sarah C. V. Jarvis, and Thos. W. Long.
The work of this last designer is admirable in its