Studio: international art (35.1905)

The National Competition

DESIGNS FOR BY B. LAMPLUGH
STAINED GLASS (BATTERSEA

POLYTECHNIC)

DESIGNS FOR BY B. LAMPLUGH

STAINED GLASS (BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC)

the drawing of the hands deserves high praise.
The value of a thorough system of preparatory
drawings to correct and modify the design as it
grows is illustrated in several cases, where the
preliminary work is much better than the final
result; as in a really beautiful composition by Ida
Lilian Kay (Birmingham), in which the addition of
colour seems to spoil the harmony and coherence
of the subject—-Sir Weigand the Slender Slays the
Shepherd. The colouring of a pair of glazed panels
by the same student is more satisfactory Enamels
are very few this year ; the only work of distinction
is by George Henry Clarkson (Sunderland). This,
however, is a quite successful piece of decoration,
admirable in drawing and composition, and in the
depth and purity of its colour. The figure is a
mounted knight in mediaeval trappings, seen against
a sunset sky. The working drawings for this are
remarkably good. A pleasing little panel in rich

DESIGN FOR STAINED GLASS BY B. LAMPLUGH

(BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC)


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