Studio: international art (84.1922)

THE ARTS AND CRAFTS STUDENT

EMBROIDERED BAG
BY MISS M. BARKAS

second and smaller class loves the crafts-
man, but, after studying his labours all
down the ages, generally gives the palm
(or the mantelpiece !) to that calm and
yellow-faced one who laboured and loved
in the Ming Dynasty. a a a

And here is a dilemma. For a student,
like any other artist, must design some-
thing worth doing, and then do it well;
and if he would not rather design and
execute a chalice than a salt-cellar, he
is not the right sort of student; yet, if
he cannot design and execute a most
excellent salt-cellar he is not likely to do
a chalice that anyone will approve. a

In the English arts and crafts movement
(of which this exhibition was very typical)
there are too few craftsmen who are willing
to make the simple objects of everyday
use. To put it metaphorically: everyone
wants to make the white-sugar fairy and
nobody wants to bake the essential cake.
So, when the ordinary man visited this
exhibition, he found innumerable charming
ornaments for his already overcrowded
best room, but few, if any, of the ordinary
objects for his everyday use and of which,
if he is a man of taste, he stands in need.
The ordinary man would gladly pay a

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EMBROIDERED SIDES OF TEA-
COSY. BY MISS M. BARKAS
PAIR OF EMBROIDERED
GLOVES. BY MRS. ELEANOR
POTTER (STUDENTS, L.C.C.
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS
AND CRAFTS)