DOI Heft:
No. 262 (January 1915)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21211#0309
Studio- Talk
CHRISTIANIA.—How much of our domain of taste. I have on more than one occa-
modern applied art has not its root sion had the pleasure of referring to such institu-
in styles and traditions handed down tions in Sweden, and am now enabled to say a few
from days long gone by ? However words about and give some illustrations of the
independent the lines which development in many work of the Norwegian Home Industry Association
instancesappears to have followed,however personal (Den Norske Husflidsforening).
and spontaneous the evolution, the fructifying and -
sustaining forces in manifold cases will be found The recent Jubilee Exhibition in Christiania
to spring from old, often long forgotten sources. afforded a welcome opportunity for this society to
In some of the special numbers of The Studio, muster its forces and bring home to a larger public
much excellent work has been done in the way of the success which attends and from the very outset
collecting and bringing to light old arts and crafts has attended its work. Its aim is twofold, inas-
which have evolved among the peasantry of diverse much as it renders a much needed assistance in
countries and have been there treasured and pre- turning to good and remunerative account the
served, the more unaffected by the flow of spare time of hundreds of men and women, thereby
centuries the further away from the world's high- swelling their often slender incomes and relieving
ways have been their home. One
wonders whence these crude, old
peasant craftsmen drew their in-
spiration, whence came their im-
pulses so beautiful and true in all
their simplicity; what kind fain-
endowed them with that singu-
larly sure and susceptible eye for
the fitness of things, for lines and
proportion, for the proper relation
between fundamental essentials
and what after all were but orna-
mental accessories. What ad-
mirable effects their naive love
of gay and festive colours quite
instinctively brought about, and
how well suited for the intended
purpose was the outcome of their
skilful and patient crafts !
The indebtedness of the present
day to these old craftsmen and
craftswomen has of late years be-
come more and more manifest,
thanks to a movement now on
foot almost everywhere for the
encouragement and furtherance
of what with its Swedish and now
almost cosmopolitan name is
called sloyd, although this term
does not by any means cover all
its issues. Excellent societies have
been formed for the advancement
of good homework, good not only
in the way of its usefulness and
the desirable employment it gives,
i . , • v„ r , "building the royal college ok science, dublin "
but also in its reforming and original etching by george atkinson. a.r h. a.
Chastening influence in the (Black and White Artisti Society of Ireland)
306
CHRISTIANIA.—How much of our domain of taste. I have on more than one occa-
modern applied art has not its root sion had the pleasure of referring to such institu-
in styles and traditions handed down tions in Sweden, and am now enabled to say a few
from days long gone by ? However words about and give some illustrations of the
independent the lines which development in many work of the Norwegian Home Industry Association
instancesappears to have followed,however personal (Den Norske Husflidsforening).
and spontaneous the evolution, the fructifying and -
sustaining forces in manifold cases will be found The recent Jubilee Exhibition in Christiania
to spring from old, often long forgotten sources. afforded a welcome opportunity for this society to
In some of the special numbers of The Studio, muster its forces and bring home to a larger public
much excellent work has been done in the way of the success which attends and from the very outset
collecting and bringing to light old arts and crafts has attended its work. Its aim is twofold, inas-
which have evolved among the peasantry of diverse much as it renders a much needed assistance in
countries and have been there treasured and pre- turning to good and remunerative account the
served, the more unaffected by the flow of spare time of hundreds of men and women, thereby
centuries the further away from the world's high- swelling their often slender incomes and relieving
ways have been their home. One
wonders whence these crude, old
peasant craftsmen drew their in-
spiration, whence came their im-
pulses so beautiful and true in all
their simplicity; what kind fain-
endowed them with that singu-
larly sure and susceptible eye for
the fitness of things, for lines and
proportion, for the proper relation
between fundamental essentials
and what after all were but orna-
mental accessories. What ad-
mirable effects their naive love
of gay and festive colours quite
instinctively brought about, and
how well suited for the intended
purpose was the outcome of their
skilful and patient crafts !
The indebtedness of the present
day to these old craftsmen and
craftswomen has of late years be-
come more and more manifest,
thanks to a movement now on
foot almost everywhere for the
encouragement and furtherance
of what with its Swedish and now
almost cosmopolitan name is
called sloyd, although this term
does not by any means cover all
its issues. Excellent societies have
been formed for the advancement
of good homework, good not only
in the way of its usefulness and
the desirable employment it gives,
i . , • v„ r , "building the royal college ok science, dublin "
but also in its reforming and original etching by george atkinson. a.r h. a.
Chastening influence in the (Black and White Artisti Society of Ireland)
306