Studio: international art (35.1905)

Studio-Talk

a young sculptor of pro-
nounced talent. We repro-
duce (page 343) a bust of
Mr. John Hassall, the
present president. Mr.
Pollock has caught Mr.
Hassall’s characteristics,
and his modelling is both
vigorous and true. On
page 340 we give a further
example of his work, a
statuette of a girl and
child, which has about it a
vigour and inspiration in-
frequently met with in
England, where the talent of
sculptors is seldom employed
so happily in the making of
statuettes as it is in Fiance.

SILVER BOWL

DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER

The quilt in linen and Irish thread, origin-
ally designed and worked by Mrs. Felix Palmer,
which we here illustrate, was exhibited at the
last exhibition of the Society of Women Artists.
It is a specimen of this class of work which
deserves the highest praise. Its simplicity and the

excellent work in it show an exceptional under-
standing of the treatment suitable to the material.

Mr. Talwin Morris’s bookbindings are well
known. We give this month (pp. 343-4) some
later specimens of his work, which are of a kind
thoroughly suited to the
everyday requirements of
the book trade, and yet
retain the best qualities of
this kind of design. As a
general rule, a gulf separates
book - bindings designed
purely for their own sake
as works of art and those
which come into everyday
use. Mr. Morris’s designs
show the possibility of com-
bining artistic intention and
scholarly design with the
useful binding of books not
destined only for the shelves
of the connoisseur.

DESIGNED BY MRS. FELIX PALMER

The Fatham Cup for
Trinity Hall, Cambridge,
designed and made by Mr.
Omar Ramsden and Mr.
Alwyn C. E. Carr (re-
produced on page 340),
is a three-handled loving
cup and cover, made
in hand - beaten and re-
pousse silver. It was

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QUILT IN LINEN*AND IRISH THREAD