DOI Heft:
No. 376 (July 1924)
DOI Artikel:Armfield, Maxwell: Crafts and design
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0029
CRAFTS AND DESIGN. BY MAXWELL ARMFIELD
key drawing by
maxwell armfield
CRAFTS AND DESIGN. BY MAX- chisel,needle,etc. The curves thatarefreely
WFT T at^JI iJtsnjiN' ^ drawn with pen or cut with a knife in
WELL ARMFIELD. 0 * " ™ for are impossible in the
TN any form of aoolied art it is the special restricted and formal method known as
1 function rf^St^uL a design "petit point," which is allowed, on he
which is suitabletcthe purpose for which other hand, a latitude and freedom in the
it is intendeS^o^SL in which direction of
it is to be carried out. Any design will be out of place in » ^m^e^
require some modification to suit it to a change suffered by the bads othe_key
particular medium and the present ex- drawing when translated into wood-cary
amples are given to indicate the nature of ing would have been W***^*^
the changes thus necessitated. By studying in bronze or iron It will be seen, too, that
the illustrations it is easy to see, and the limitations of the medium may compel
appreciate, the changing shapes of cloud, a readjustment of the relative sizes of the
drapery and vegetation chosen for pen, objects, owing to the unsuitably of the
key drawing by
maxwell armfield
CRAFTS AND DESIGN. BY MAX- chisel,needle,etc. The curves thatarefreely
WFT T at^JI iJtsnjiN' ^ drawn with pen or cut with a knife in
WELL ARMFIELD. 0 * " ™ for are impossible in the
TN any form of aoolied art it is the special restricted and formal method known as
1 function rf^St^uL a design "petit point," which is allowed, on he
which is suitabletcthe purpose for which other hand, a latitude and freedom in the
it is intendeS^o^SL in which direction of
it is to be carried out. Any design will be out of place in » ^m^e^
require some modification to suit it to a change suffered by the bads othe_key
particular medium and the present ex- drawing when translated into wood-cary
amples are given to indicate the nature of ing would have been W***^*^
the changes thus necessitated. By studying in bronze or iron It will be seen, too, that
the illustrations it is easy to see, and the limitations of the medium may compel
appreciate, the changing shapes of cloud, a readjustment of the relative sizes of the
drapery and vegetation chosen for pen, objects, owing to the unsuitably of the