Studio: international art (54.1912)

Austrian Schools for Weaving

set the example, which

- was followed everywhere,
and, what is more, found

j sympathy in the authori-

I ties, who were not slow

I to gauge its significance.

_ _ _ __ The general method en-

m w* w\ • • J ■ , ^

1^8 lUf fUl JUl jUl SeL Jagi) Si^m^^Si m inspiration in Mother

aBjS§j p| J|jjj t ii til til 111 f #i"s Eartn>who is so lavish in

SSm SEi k5« JOtt MMJL MEM, JUU, her gilts, and it certainly

•ESS las iaS JiS ^SS, rstsi rears! iaig] ratsi gsrst g & ' ^

So SS| ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ : gives the pupils a broader

^B^K^S^^^a III 10 U t J t'J t outlook on life and raises

^^T^^m CC05^ the moral standard.

^V^rtrW^ fii LU UJ Hi UJ 1 The first seven of the

J^AAAAa j^^) ^y^l^^ E accompanying illustra-

bS £19 £s! 119 £S3 , 111 lit Hit fit. it! I tions will give some idea

of the methods followed

l^vllvJI ». ^ ^ in these schools- They

llf^V MvJI >U 1% ll> III ?!l are all the work of first

iVk] h^v I^vm! *l ill year scnolars' and with

yvV iivv II^CmI \v\ 5!4 *!4 one exception emanate

S!fi i!4 from provincial schools.

S!fil^ *!* After having learnt to

^ISMI •» «» *l draw the Plants fr0m

if^tl l^xll^^^fl^ll H ' nature, the next step is to

IW^^lti^lll^iPfsP|1 A>0 ** «i» *'* ^ adapt the drawing to

I ivlll ISS^IJ li^Si'-"l^^l ?i? 0i* Si* decorative purposes. The

K III III method of procedure can

^WMlMHWP £ IE liS be traced from the illus-

^KS^W^WvT^K^ trations. Take, for in-

^M^Klhrall^ i l« *i stance, Fig. 2., the drawing

IIW^ISJ^KJI *£? of shells and the applica-

tion of nature s ornament

j.. - ^ ^ to design, or the various

* ^ •!»* Vfr >n> ■jBSK '^^aBB plants which have under-

*n» ^ m n. HJnHHGhKB gone decorative treatment

.jj. ^ .„. ^ ^ S^j^^p' ln other of the desiSns

5R A SE ^ S I reproduced. These

Kgi ^ l^pj ^ decorations must be ap-

b=! " " ^ i£5 " " plied both vertically and

Tfr 7f? horizontally, beginning

^ jij " " • n ■ *J" ^ H I with the most simple forms

*it* ^ .jj. ^ «n- and gradually increasing

v^- "n* ! in intricacy, but througlr

f j^. £5! jb> ?E : ■ out all overloading with

■S-' ^ mjtn »R« ' undue ornament is care-

yi: * . . ^ ^ fully avoided- The main

,n, iirl \^ "'^ i~t ' HHB idea is never lost sight of,

fft e§J ^ that is, the eventual ap-

plication of the design to

FIGb. 13-18. textile designs by a second-year student at the school weaving. In the practical

for weaving, mahrisch-schonberg part of his training the

student becomes familiar
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