Studio- Talk
studio-talk - not startling originality, for a
(From our Own Correspondents) \£c{.'~]ib^& Startling book cover is a vul-
LONDON.— The statu- ▼"-> i.Y garity ; yet perhaps from their
ette called The Chafe- hands has come the most
laine, by Miss Eleanor ' . daring design in recent work.
Fortescue - Brickdale, '*W i We have seen at their bindery
here illustrated, is on view at i'^;-i'>>:l( a book-cover with a peacock
the Leicester Galleries. Made with tail in gold tooling, that
of coloured plaster, it realises >) ^^^,^\ carries that craft about as far
a romantic and reminiscent ■Jn^j.^m as !t has ,)cen taken- The
mood, as of some figure that /; -^.^ftWHWiflS examples which we are enabled
has moved through Scott's VW'K '^^''lt£ t0 8ive nere will show how
novels, the lady of some castle, perfectly they have understood
or the guardian, perhaps, of an " wL, i'^ the beauty that lies in the
imprisoned queen. The gold -V ''f j!; legitimate practice of the art.
pattern worked upon the dress In Southampton Row Messrs.
is carried out with consider- IVJtHPr- ..^V|]BmL Sutcliffe and Sangorski Lave
able boldness, but remains ■^JS' 'V-Ll.-'ft '• a school, and from this school
subordinate to the general HH^^H some of their PuP'ls arc
rich scheme of colour that sending good work; it is
emphasises the careful model- pleasant to know that as long
ling and arrangement of the ' ~ $ • c'^HHv as they study there the right
drapery. """SSbHp?' principles of the art are being
In the exhibits of book- '•'^EZl^. , , Some years ago Messrs.
binding at the various arts HlPIWWiBi^^ Sutcliffe and Sangorski
and crafts exhibitions, our BfRlfll - -*"■'""' bought a large consignment
attention has been aroused by \ ' of Niger skins, no two of which
the vigour with which the art jr are exactly the same in tone;
is being prosecuted, and by and with the insight of true
the fact that the designs seem artists, these craftsmen use
to be getting better in so far as the slight variation as part of
they approach nearer a right their art. We have been
understanding of the limita- privileged to see at their
tions of the art. A truer premises a set of several
knowledge is gradually being volumes of one work bound
arrived at, by experience, of in this leather, and the slight
what is suitable and of what is diversion from uniformity of
in good taste. At the same colour in the volumes is a
time there is a constant - — ,;,,^Z.^.wl,..li,,.li.,^.rr~ thing beautiful in itself; while
reaching out for fresh im- the slight natural stains, which
pulses in design, and whole. the machine-perfection ideal
some attempts are evident of the ordinary binder would
everywhere to make the art a lead him to reject, are by
living art, as it should be in an statuette "the chatelaine" these artists sometimes used
° by eleanor fortescue-brickdale . .
age so great in letters as our to lend a subtle variation
own. Perhaps to Mr. G. to the background of inlaid
Sutcliffe and his partner Mr. F Sangorski, the coloured leathers and gold tooling. The skins
highest praise is to be awarded for the example are brought from Karo, which is about 1,000
they are setting in holding fast to the essential miles up country from Lagos, and the last con-
principles of beautiful binding. They have carried signment brought to this country was about two
their designs perhaps further in the right direction years ago by the Royal Niger Company,
than any modern exhibitors; and they have, at the -
same time, evolved many designs of originality, It must always be remembered that there is
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studio-talk - not startling originality, for a
(From our Own Correspondents) \£c{.'~]ib^& Startling book cover is a vul-
LONDON.— The statu- ▼"-> i.Y garity ; yet perhaps from their
ette called The Chafe- hands has come the most
laine, by Miss Eleanor ' . daring design in recent work.
Fortescue - Brickdale, '*W i We have seen at their bindery
here illustrated, is on view at i'^;-i'>>:l( a book-cover with a peacock
the Leicester Galleries. Made with tail in gold tooling, that
of coloured plaster, it realises >) ^^^,^\ carries that craft about as far
a romantic and reminiscent ■Jn^j.^m as !t has ,)cen taken- The
mood, as of some figure that /; -^.^ftWHWiflS examples which we are enabled
has moved through Scott's VW'K '^^''lt£ t0 8ive nere will show how
novels, the lady of some castle, perfectly they have understood
or the guardian, perhaps, of an " wL, i'^ the beauty that lies in the
imprisoned queen. The gold -V ''f j!; legitimate practice of the art.
pattern worked upon the dress In Southampton Row Messrs.
is carried out with consider- IVJtHPr- ..^V|]BmL Sutcliffe and Sangorski Lave
able boldness, but remains ■^JS' 'V-Ll.-'ft '• a school, and from this school
subordinate to the general HH^^H some of their PuP'ls arc
rich scheme of colour that sending good work; it is
emphasises the careful model- pleasant to know that as long
ling and arrangement of the ' ~ $ • c'^HHv as they study there the right
drapery. """SSbHp?' principles of the art are being
In the exhibits of book- '•'^EZl^. , , Some years ago Messrs.
binding at the various arts HlPIWWiBi^^ Sutcliffe and Sangorski
and crafts exhibitions, our BfRlfll - -*"■'""' bought a large consignment
attention has been aroused by \ ' of Niger skins, no two of which
the vigour with which the art jr are exactly the same in tone;
is being prosecuted, and by and with the insight of true
the fact that the designs seem artists, these craftsmen use
to be getting better in so far as the slight variation as part of
they approach nearer a right their art. We have been
understanding of the limita- privileged to see at their
tions of the art. A truer premises a set of several
knowledge is gradually being volumes of one work bound
arrived at, by experience, of in this leather, and the slight
what is suitable and of what is diversion from uniformity of
in good taste. At the same colour in the volumes is a
time there is a constant - — ,;,,^Z.^.wl,..li,,.li.,^.rr~ thing beautiful in itself; while
reaching out for fresh im- the slight natural stains, which
pulses in design, and whole. the machine-perfection ideal
some attempts are evident of the ordinary binder would
everywhere to make the art a lead him to reject, are by
living art, as it should be in an statuette "the chatelaine" these artists sometimes used
° by eleanor fortescue-brickdale . .
age so great in letters as our to lend a subtle variation
own. Perhaps to Mr. G. to the background of inlaid
Sutcliffe and his partner Mr. F Sangorski, the coloured leathers and gold tooling. The skins
highest praise is to be awarded for the example are brought from Karo, which is about 1,000
they are setting in holding fast to the essential miles up country from Lagos, and the last con-
principles of beautiful binding. They have carried signment brought to this country was about two
their designs perhaps further in the right direction years ago by the Royal Niger Company,
than any modern exhibitors; and they have, at the -
same time, evolved many designs of originality, It must always be remembered that there is
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