Studio: international art (41.1907)

The National Competition, igoj

construction, inlay, carv-
ing, and metal work are
from the hands of the
same student.

For beauty of colour,
the set of majolica tiles
shown by Mr. Albert
Mountford of Burslem
(see p. 296) is superior to
anything of its kind that
has been seen for several
years in the exhibition of
the National Art Competi-
tion works. The tiles are
of a dull but rich turquoise

design for a lace fan by Gertrude m. chapman (dover) blue and every alternate

one in the panel exhibited

ready-made shops, and until something better can is decorated with a rosette of a curious pinkish-red
be produced it will be as well to exclude such ex- which re-appears in the border in a more elaborate
amples from the exhibition. Another unsuccessful form as a conventionalized flower. The tiles have
attempt to apply art to the common uses of life is been made as well as designed by Air. Mountford,
the very ordinary design for the decoration of an
iced cake, of which there is no need to show
a full-sized and coloured model.

Among the modelled designs nothing is better III „.* MM •* | | |

than one for a square carved wooden box by ■ ■ ■ ^TJRSES £»ONG ■ ■

Mr. Charles H. Gait, of Plymouth Technical BY "* ■ ■ ■

• , , 111 WILLIAM BLAKE. ■ ■ ■

School. Panels representing the four Seasons ™ ™ 35 _ ■■inmn■iwiwum— ___.. "55

adorn the sides of Mr. Gait's box, on the slopes RpPl I^v^a^^Tu^^^ pSsp

of the lid are the signs of the zodiac, and the I £$£^£X£3jXUL jj j^SJ

top is surmounted by a section of the terrestrial L&Hm] 11 ^X^^^i'1--""'"'^ || ' | i]

globe. It is a pity that Mr. Gait was unable to P|\/r2P 1] B^ffikjjS'**"' - «q J ffl^T

show his box in wood as. the exhibited work in PwllPfl r *"r~g^" ''~~~* 1 \ S

wood - carving is both poor in quality and t^gas! If jiTn^*5i%«--Jl»-<»» il Ht'M^M

moderate m quantity, although the art is more » a « H c««.o«.«.u««^pu»w-. >| «» «- «

^ ■" ° ■ ■ ■ 11 H»»a><->W3W.-6i :J ■ ■ a

practised now than at any other time in our his- g gj gj Ij M^m^^f^s^iia. ;§ " "

tory. Another box worthy of notice is the jewel I 1] S? & ■ \ if I

casket by Mr. Hubert Martin of Camberwell, in I |j jf\ ) ^'' ^\ I ^|

which wood of a subdued colour has been used IHHH II „ = " ■ I "BBI

m combination with silver and turquoises. A ■ ■ ■ 31 \^™c*s™dy>uiit?-..-~~ i| ■ ■ ■

. ZGb GS> 3* BesuW.uiUi*^th*Ulil.-bird-? :SS v.. .

word of special commendation is due to the r_^== js- StmTI^r^tucSw^ \ '

jewel casket of ivory with silver ball feet and kMSMj Ij -----■ ;| p^TfjS

silver hasp and corners, the work of Miss Anne I §%1 i* S3lli£ZZZj II i W

G. Stubbs, of Birmingham (Margaret Street) ]fagJ$W | %i^'^'tky.

School of Art. Of the designs for work on a g^*J || fe&p^^ j . ft^ffl

larger scale in which metals and other materials p&jQ |j a^JS^rjTdSC^ Li Mk<x2J

are combined, that for a music cabinet by Mr. ^ ^ ^ %iuwMm iHTiiiiii«i'fi<HiimwagBsir?ai

W. S. Williamson, of Bridgwater (see p. 302) III j§j? ' «3ris£s 9^

may be mentioned. He shows complete draw- III 1111$ e-jSEP^ ^J^L

ings of his cabinet, and one of the doors exe- III

cuted in walnut wood, carved with a simple 80 *"

design based on the bramble rose, slightly inlaid, HH
and with metal fittings. It is interesting to

d . . °. illuminated text hy eva a. batley

notice that everything in the cabinet, design, for the nursery (ipswich)

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