Studio: international art (35.1905)

Studio-Talk

The section of the school work designated as
artistic technology has been developed because of
a desire on the part of the school managers to do
something practical in the interests of the local
industry, their efforts being largely assisted by the
encouragement given to students by the Board of
Education to execute the works they design in the
actual material. Applied art of various descrip-
tions is included in this department of the school
work, but, of course, the production and decoration
of pottery is the chief. It is obviously useless for
a student to attempt artistic craftsmanship unless a

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BY FREDERICK STEELE

SGRAFFITO PLAQUE BY GERTRUDE S. MALKIN

sound foundation is first laid, and, having received
this, the student enters upon the form of applied
art most suited to his necessities and capacities,
care being taken to cultivate originality and indi-
viduality. The student is instructed in designing
and executing pottery, and is made conversant
with the various processes associated with it. By
these means he becomes acquainted with the possi-
bilities and limitations of his medium, and as a
result he not only learns the technique of his craft
but also becomes more practical and effective as a
designer. -

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BY FREDERICK STEELE

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