Studio: international art (55.1912)

Studio-Talk

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GADZE EMBROIDERY (FLORSTICKEREl). DESIGNED BY ERNST AUFSEESER ;
WORKED BY KATHLEEN AUFSEESER

yields him the highest satis-
faction to deal with the
human figure and it is
astonishing how much good-
humour, esprit de ballade,
and fairy-tale charm he can
express in simplified and
concise form. A poetical
bent attracts him to the
heroes and heroines of the
legend and the popular song.
He loves mediaeval and
rococo costumes, and knows
how to adapt them with a
sort of wood-cut breadth.
The element of comicality
is seen in expressive profiles
and in an occasional archaism
of pose and gesture. Thrifti-
ness in detail makes the
movement of each hair
ribbon, each leaf-point and
skirt-end important. Great
stress is laid on the variation
of textile pattern, and the
clever use of stripes and
plaits of all sorts enriches
the design. It is wonderful
how the nimble fingers of
the needlewoman manage to
achieve such artistic effects

resident of Berlin, to compose by the
help of his sketch-books or from mere
imagination.

The “ Gauze Embroideries ” (Flor-
stickereien) by Ernst and Kathleen
Aufseeser must attract attention to the
designer and to the needlewoman. A
draughtsman is here at work who not
only composes with the perfect know-
ledge of his material but who proves his
thorough study of natural forms, his
cleverness in adapting them and his
fertile inventiveness. He selects flowers
and animals, birds, beetles, and butter-
flies for his patterns, uses them singly or
in combination and adapts them per-
fectly to decorative purposes. Simplicity,
naturalness, reticence, and manliness are
his characteristics : he displays strength,

t , GAUZE EMBROIDERY: “ALADDIN.” DESIGNED BY ERNST

yet is not wanting m gracefulness. It aufseeser: worked by Kathleen aufseeser

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