DOI Heft:
No. 124 (July, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19879#0143
Studio- Talk
industries are producing
tapestries of a more ambitious
and pictorial kind; and the
enterprising little class at
Bushey must be congratulated
on some of its woollen
portion of a frieze designed by tapestries especially, which
of coloured wood-carving godfrey blount ghow excellent feeling for
colour and design. Many
deliberately and intelligently done. Their woven good village industries are also represented, which
wool rugs are again conspicuous for their soft merely sustain old traditions of workmanship and
finish and delicate colouring; and the finer pattern, and make no attempt at original design
qualities of the craft have been in no way or at the use of standard designs by modern artists,
coarsened by its application to the heavier stuffs. In other than textile crafts the work of classes
The linen and woollen hangings, household tapes- taught by the Hon. Mabel de Grey, Mrs. Carpenter,
tries, and dress goods are as pleasing as
ever ; and the applique embroideries show
many novelties in design without departing
from the breadth and simplicity which
have marked them from the first.
The Langdale and Windermere classes
sustain equally well their good repute,
especially in their beautiful mixtures of
linen and silk. A new class at Kendal
for embroidered linens also calls for
praise; and the handsome church em-
broideries done by Mr. Hunter's class
at Haslemere are conspicuous for the
effective and legitimate use of gold, silver,
and copper thread. Mr. Godfrey Blount's
carving class, producing very simple decorative Mrs. Waterhouse, Mrs. Watts, and other ladies
panels in coloured woods, is another interesting pioneering industries in country districts, is always
development of the Haslemere activities. of interest. The basket-maker at Saxmundham
designed by godfrey blount
- has been very successful in carrying out Miss
The British and Irish spinning and weaving de Grey's adaptations of designs in common use
in Normandy and also in Rome. The East Grin-
stead carving class has greatly improved in the
direction of simplicity, but indifferent ornament
and upholstery spoil what might have been a
good chair. The Killarney furniture industries
are the most promising of their kind; the simple
little bedstead made by them in green wood is
entirely pleasing, and the broad oak settle shows
a sound instin ct for comfort and utility which sadly
needs applying to artistic work in the furnishing
of unpretentious dwellings. Among other Irish
exhibits, some ot the Drimoleague toys may be
favourably mentioned. As a rule the home-made
toys err on the side of being too mechanical and
intricate. Mr. Rathbone's exhibit of pottery from
Birkenhead and the Keswick School's exhibits
were pleasantly conspicuous.
hand-woven linen designed by
coverlet godfrey blount
126
industries are producing
tapestries of a more ambitious
and pictorial kind; and the
enterprising little class at
Bushey must be congratulated
on some of its woollen
portion of a frieze designed by tapestries especially, which
of coloured wood-carving godfrey blount ghow excellent feeling for
colour and design. Many
deliberately and intelligently done. Their woven good village industries are also represented, which
wool rugs are again conspicuous for their soft merely sustain old traditions of workmanship and
finish and delicate colouring; and the finer pattern, and make no attempt at original design
qualities of the craft have been in no way or at the use of standard designs by modern artists,
coarsened by its application to the heavier stuffs. In other than textile crafts the work of classes
The linen and woollen hangings, household tapes- taught by the Hon. Mabel de Grey, Mrs. Carpenter,
tries, and dress goods are as pleasing as
ever ; and the applique embroideries show
many novelties in design without departing
from the breadth and simplicity which
have marked them from the first.
The Langdale and Windermere classes
sustain equally well their good repute,
especially in their beautiful mixtures of
linen and silk. A new class at Kendal
for embroidered linens also calls for
praise; and the handsome church em-
broideries done by Mr. Hunter's class
at Haslemere are conspicuous for the
effective and legitimate use of gold, silver,
and copper thread. Mr. Godfrey Blount's
carving class, producing very simple decorative Mrs. Waterhouse, Mrs. Watts, and other ladies
panels in coloured woods, is another interesting pioneering industries in country districts, is always
development of the Haslemere activities. of interest. The basket-maker at Saxmundham
designed by godfrey blount
- has been very successful in carrying out Miss
The British and Irish spinning and weaving de Grey's adaptations of designs in common use
in Normandy and also in Rome. The East Grin-
stead carving class has greatly improved in the
direction of simplicity, but indifferent ornament
and upholstery spoil what might have been a
good chair. The Killarney furniture industries
are the most promising of their kind; the simple
little bedstead made by them in green wood is
entirely pleasing, and the broad oak settle shows
a sound instin ct for comfort and utility which sadly
needs applying to artistic work in the furnishing
of unpretentious dwellings. Among other Irish
exhibits, some ot the Drimoleague toys may be
favourably mentioned. As a rule the home-made
toys err on the side of being too mechanical and
intricate. Mr. Rathbone's exhibit of pottery from
Birkenhead and the Keswick School's exhibits
were pleasantly conspicuous.
hand-woven linen designed by
coverlet godfrey blount
126