Studio: international art (42.1908)

Studio-Talk

EDINBURGH.—The Third Triennial
Exhibition of Edinburgh Arts and Crafts
Club, held in their spacious studio at Bel-
ford Road in the end of November, shows
that the club is no mere band of dilettanti, but a
group of earnest workers. The club in its present
form consists of about sixty members, chiefly West-
end ladies, though the rules make no distinction as
to sex or social position. The main sections are
wood-carving, enamel work, bookbinding, em-
broidery, including applique, and the making of
lace. The bulk of the exhibits consisted of em-
broidery and laces, and in the first-named there
were several very fine specimens, showing not only
taste in design, but suitability of colour in carrying
out the idea. A large panel illustrative of the
quest of the Red Cross Knight, by Mrs. Traquair,
was probably the most outstanding piece of
needlework. In the wood-carving section the

competitive work was mostly small, but judging
by the manner in which some of it was done,
the club might well be a little more ambitious.
To judge by the number of enamels shown, this
seems to be a favourite art with the club, and
the examples of bookbinding were many of them
such as would bear comparison with some of the
best craftsmanship. A. E.

DUBLIN.—Miss Daphne Whitty, who is
now Manager of the Royal Irish School
of Art Needlework, has recently com-
pleted a frontal for the High Altar of
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, of which we give
an illustration overleaf. The framework of the
design was suggested by the old brasses in the
Lady Chapel of the Cathedral, while the figures,
which stand out effectively against a green back-
ground, symbolise Worship, Praise, and Prayer.

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