Studio: international art (80.1920)

THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS

translating designs sketched on paper
into colour and rich fabric. 0 a

Some of the weavers are disabled ex-
service men, numbers of whom are just
now at the Central School learning
different crafts, and in most cases making
excellent progress. Many of them, in
fact, have finished their training and
have obtained permanent employment
in the trades they took up. Examples
of the work done by these men, in furniture
jewellery and weaving, were shown at
the recent school exhibition, and were
tributes alike to their intelligence and
industry and to the care and skill of their
teachers. The classes for training them
were organized in conjunction with the
Ministry of Labour and the London
War Pensions Committee. Their in-
struction in silversmiths' and jewellers'
work is undertaken by Mr. W. A.
Steward, Mr. G. H. Lovering and Mr.
F. F. Henes ; in cabinet making by Mr.
C. Spooner, Mr. E. P. Stokes and Mr.

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A. T. Payne ; and in tapestry and rug
weaving by Mr. Luther Hooper and
Mr. W. Taylor. 0 0 0 0
Such studies as drawing, painting and
modelling from the life are of course
secondary to the main intention of the
Central School, which is to preserve the
ancient traditions of British handicrafts,
while furthering their modern develop-
ment in design and execution. But if
secondary they are essential to the ad-
vanced student of design, and it is
satisfactory to see from the exhibited
works that the standard here of drawing
from the life is as high as it is in crafts-
manship. An interesting essay by two
of the students in the life class, Miss
Jackson and Miss Haythorne, is in pro-
gress at the top of the principal staircase,
a wall painting in fresco of a London
street scene, gay and bright in colour,
and treated throughout with attractive
simplicity. 0 0 0 0 0
William T. Whitley.