DOI Heft:
No. 138 (September, 1904)
DOI Artikel:The National Competition of schools of art, 1904
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19882#0350
The National Competition
design for by winifred" blackburn
window-bill (mount street, liverpool)
waist-belt with mounts and clasps of copper
inlaid with silver. An enamelled belt, of more
elaborate design, is by one of the afore-praised
Birmingham enamellers, Agnes I. Pool; and
there is a good enamelled pendant from Derby
by Ernest Clark. The designs for spoons by
A. Collier James (Plymouth) err rather in
the direction of overloading with ornament. In
such designs it is well not only to keep the
bowl of the spoon severely clear, but to aim
at beautifying the whole article by its own
shape and proportions, rather than by any super-
imposed decoration whatever. A good deal more
laxity as to the extent of its ornament may be
allowed, for instance, to a book-cover so long as
its general scheme is flat and unobtrusive in
handling ; but the book-cover in enamelled silver
by William L. Whelan (Dublin) would be more
satisfactory if the decoration were less profuse,
and fewer repetitions and varieties of detail were
allowed to crowd its spaces. The chief criticism
that occurs as to the casket in repousse and oxidised
copper by George H. Buglass (Tunstall), which is
the principal exhibit of its kind, is that the struc-
ture is a little needlessly aggressive, with its sharp
corners and projecting details of form. The deco-
ration of the lid is excellent; a little more com-
pactness and solidity would have made it more
convenient as a box for chess-men, as proposed,
and no less pleasing to look at.
The Lambeth and Camberwell schools fully
sustain their good name for posters, colour-prints,
distinction, are shown by Gertrude Hart.
Some very good working drawings for
enamelled decorations are sent by Francis
J. Rigney (Dublin).
The jewellery this year is not remark-
able. Among the most distinctive and
personal work is that of Bertha L. Goff
(Holloway), who has already made a
style of her own, marked by a dainty
invention and scrupulous technique.
Her pretty necklets and cloak-clasps are
full of delicate beauty and individuality
of taste. Two Birmingham students—
Louisa Preece and Lewis Instone—also
deserve special praise for designs marked
less by originality than by a sober grace
and reticence of ornament too rare in
this class of work. The former student
shows a silver necklet and belt-clasp,
r' stencilled design by margaret e. lloyd
and the latter a very slender little (mount street, Liverpool)
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design for by winifred" blackburn
window-bill (mount street, liverpool)
waist-belt with mounts and clasps of copper
inlaid with silver. An enamelled belt, of more
elaborate design, is by one of the afore-praised
Birmingham enamellers, Agnes I. Pool; and
there is a good enamelled pendant from Derby
by Ernest Clark. The designs for spoons by
A. Collier James (Plymouth) err rather in
the direction of overloading with ornament. In
such designs it is well not only to keep the
bowl of the spoon severely clear, but to aim
at beautifying the whole article by its own
shape and proportions, rather than by any super-
imposed decoration whatever. A good deal more
laxity as to the extent of its ornament may be
allowed, for instance, to a book-cover so long as
its general scheme is flat and unobtrusive in
handling ; but the book-cover in enamelled silver
by William L. Whelan (Dublin) would be more
satisfactory if the decoration were less profuse,
and fewer repetitions and varieties of detail were
allowed to crowd its spaces. The chief criticism
that occurs as to the casket in repousse and oxidised
copper by George H. Buglass (Tunstall), which is
the principal exhibit of its kind, is that the struc-
ture is a little needlessly aggressive, with its sharp
corners and projecting details of form. The deco-
ration of the lid is excellent; a little more com-
pactness and solidity would have made it more
convenient as a box for chess-men, as proposed,
and no less pleasing to look at.
The Lambeth and Camberwell schools fully
sustain their good name for posters, colour-prints,
distinction, are shown by Gertrude Hart.
Some very good working drawings for
enamelled decorations are sent by Francis
J. Rigney (Dublin).
The jewellery this year is not remark-
able. Among the most distinctive and
personal work is that of Bertha L. Goff
(Holloway), who has already made a
style of her own, marked by a dainty
invention and scrupulous technique.
Her pretty necklets and cloak-clasps are
full of delicate beauty and individuality
of taste. Two Birmingham students—
Louisa Preece and Lewis Instone—also
deserve special praise for designs marked
less by originality than by a sober grace
and reticence of ornament too rare in
this class of work. The former student
shows a silver necklet and belt-clasp,
r' stencilled design by margaret e. lloyd
and the latter a very slender little (mount street, Liverpool)
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