Studio: international art (86.1923)

L.C.C. CENTRAL SCHOOL

CERAMICS AT L.C.C. CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS

H. STRANAGHAN F. MAGGS STELLA CROFTS

E. RICHMOND K. P. BOUVERIE STELLA CROFTS

E. RICHMOND F. MAGGS E. RICHMOND

commercial productions,while others attach
more importance to the achievements of
individual craftsmen. There is, doubtless,
room for both. As, however, the schools
operating under the guidance of the L.C.C.
are really carried on by the ratepayers in the
interests of the general community, one is
surely justified in expecting a “ democratic”
attitude in their policy. To the great mass of
citizens it is more important that well-
designed objects for ordinary use and
adornment should be obtainable rather
than choice individual productions which
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only a privileged few can hope to possess.
One would like to see the student taking
more interest in simple objects for every-
day use. The pottery figures to which
reference has been made are, after all, no
more than ornamental luxuries, in no way
an essential element in the aesthetic equip-
ment of the home, however much one may
admire them. In this connection one wel-
comes, as an intelligent experiment, the
fireplace surround in coloured and glazed
pottery, an illustration of which is given.
This is an attempt, and a successful one.