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Studio: international art — 23.1901

DOI issue:
Nr. 102 (Septembre 1901)
DOI article:
Glasgow international exhibition, [3]
DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19788#0273

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Glasgow Exhibition

not likely to be satisfactory to manufacturer or As might be expected, there is to be found in the
designer. Designers are frequently heard to com- Arts and Crafts room what is lacking in a few of
plain that their work has received less than justice, the exhibits sent by Schools of Art. Here the
or that it has been ruined by translation into the delusion is no longer entertained that the designer
intended material, and this only proves how abso- has completed his work when he has invented a
lutely necessary it is for the maker of the design to pleasant pattern and accomplished a harmonious
be in close relation to the maker of the product, colour scheme. The workers in the Arts and Crafts
The advantages of strict training in this respect can- have been face to face with the exigencies of the
not be over-estimated when it is considered that, methods of production, and from their own practical
by constantly working within the limits imposed experience, from direct intercourse with craftsmen
by his material, the young designer comes to think employed, through experiment, or, it may be,
in the language he is compelled to speak, and through failure, have been led to modify and
almost unconsciously restrains his ideas within the restrain their design until they have arrived at a form
limits they must ultimately assume in execution. and treatment that is exactly suited to the material.

The younger worker, on
the other hand, cannot so
easily persuade himself of
the frequent necessity of
dissecting his design to the-
foundation, and rebuilding
it after unsparing revision
and re-adjustment, yet it is
only by such a remorseless
process of patient modifica-
tion and alteration that the
design can be suited to its
intended purpose. This is
evident in some of the
numerous articles of em-
broidery, especially in the
few instances where the
original drawings are ex-
hibited beside the finished
work. Most of the em-
broideries have evidently
been conceived as schemes
of colour, and it is interest-
ing to notice how the final
product keeps no little of

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