DOI Heft:
No. 151 (October, 1905)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20713#0084
Studio- Talk
note of prettiness, of artificiality, which is a tempta-
tion always in wait for the unwary, is perhaps the
strongest test of the powers of an artist in pastel.
It is in the achievement of truthful tone that Mr.
Duff excels, and his scheme of colour is supported
by a wonderful knowledge of draughtsmanship and
familiarity with animal life. He has made many
landscapes with sheep, and throughout them,
whilst remaining faithful to the restraint of quiet
nature, he never loses the bloom and freshness, the
pristine evidence of a spontaneous touch, which is
the most valuable characteristic of the true pastel.
BOOK-COVER DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY ALFRED DE SAUTY
The work of the Junior Art Workers’ Guild—
on view lately at Clifford’s Inn—shows that the
Guild numbers amongst its members some able
and distinguished craftsmen. Although the exhi-
bition was a small one, a consistently high level of
excellence in design and workmanship was main-
tained, and there were relatively few objects of
misdirected energy. Exaggeration of detail and
form, which so frequently passes for originality,
was absent, and there appeared to be a general desire
to use material reasonably and with imagination.
The exhibits embraced nearly all the crafts.
IVORY CARVING DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD GARBE
Mr. Garbe is to be congratulated on his ivories,
but we find it difficult to forgive so capable a
craftsmen for his walnut bedstead with turreted
castles dominating the bed-posts. To build castles
CHIMNEYPIECE DESIGNED BY G. LL. MORRIS
IN PINE EXECUTED BY BRATT & COLBRAN
note of prettiness, of artificiality, which is a tempta-
tion always in wait for the unwary, is perhaps the
strongest test of the powers of an artist in pastel.
It is in the achievement of truthful tone that Mr.
Duff excels, and his scheme of colour is supported
by a wonderful knowledge of draughtsmanship and
familiarity with animal life. He has made many
landscapes with sheep, and throughout them,
whilst remaining faithful to the restraint of quiet
nature, he never loses the bloom and freshness, the
pristine evidence of a spontaneous touch, which is
the most valuable characteristic of the true pastel.
BOOK-COVER DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY ALFRED DE SAUTY
The work of the Junior Art Workers’ Guild—
on view lately at Clifford’s Inn—shows that the
Guild numbers amongst its members some able
and distinguished craftsmen. Although the exhi-
bition was a small one, a consistently high level of
excellence in design and workmanship was main-
tained, and there were relatively few objects of
misdirected energy. Exaggeration of detail and
form, which so frequently passes for originality,
was absent, and there appeared to be a general desire
to use material reasonably and with imagination.
The exhibits embraced nearly all the crafts.
IVORY CARVING DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY RICHARD GARBE
Mr. Garbe is to be congratulated on his ivories,
but we find it difficult to forgive so capable a
craftsmen for his walnut bedstead with turreted
castles dominating the bed-posts. To build castles
CHIMNEYPIECE DESIGNED BY G. LL. MORRIS
IN PINE EXECUTED BY BRATT & COLBRAN