DOI Heft:
No. 393 (December 1925)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0385
BROCKENHURST—BIRMINGHAM
some, at least, of the emotions of man {
Well, this is doubtless heretical. It is the
result of much modern and semi-modern
art as seen at the strange yearly occurrence
which is, and yet is not, a sign of grace at
Liverpool. J. W. S.
BROCKENHURST (Hants). — The
approach of Christmas inevitably leads
to thoughts of toys for the children ; and
parents who are looking for something
original, weli-made and likely to amuse
the young may be interested to see our
examples of Mr. F. H. Whittington's
" Forest Toys," made at Brockenhurst, in
the New Forest. The difference between
these toys and the ordinary factory product
is that the former are made by a designer
disciplined in the arts of painting and
wood-engraving, and are carefully con-
sidered not only from the point of view of
their " playableness " but also from that of
sound construction and solidity. There
are single animals of all kinds, and many
fascinating sets, like those illustrated. 0
The last thing in the world that a toy
should be is blatantly didactic ; but if
the toy can unobtrusively mingle a little
instruction with amusement, so much the
better. Mr. Whittington's animal sets are
all made in their proper proportions, so
that the child unconsciously learns the
relative sizes of the various beasts. a
TOY NATIVITY SET (WOOD)
BY FRANK H. WHITTINGTON
BIRMINGHAM.—While the dweller in
London has the opportunity, through
multitudes of exhibitions, of seeing ex-
amples of the various modern art " move-
ments," the provincial Troglodyte has,
comparatively, few of such facilities. Al-
though Birmingham takes a high place in
virtue of its important permanent collec-
tion, certain features of which are unique,
and there are frequent exhibitions in the
New Street Galleries, one welcomes the
activity and catholicity which animate the
recently-founded Ruskin Gallery, with its
almost weekly succession of " one man,"
and " group " exhibitions. Among the
most interesting of recent shows we may
TOY CIRCUS SET (WOOD)
BY F.H. WHITTINGTON
379
some, at least, of the emotions of man {
Well, this is doubtless heretical. It is the
result of much modern and semi-modern
art as seen at the strange yearly occurrence
which is, and yet is not, a sign of grace at
Liverpool. J. W. S.
BROCKENHURST (Hants). — The
approach of Christmas inevitably leads
to thoughts of toys for the children ; and
parents who are looking for something
original, weli-made and likely to amuse
the young may be interested to see our
examples of Mr. F. H. Whittington's
" Forest Toys," made at Brockenhurst, in
the New Forest. The difference between
these toys and the ordinary factory product
is that the former are made by a designer
disciplined in the arts of painting and
wood-engraving, and are carefully con-
sidered not only from the point of view of
their " playableness " but also from that of
sound construction and solidity. There
are single animals of all kinds, and many
fascinating sets, like those illustrated. 0
The last thing in the world that a toy
should be is blatantly didactic ; but if
the toy can unobtrusively mingle a little
instruction with amusement, so much the
better. Mr. Whittington's animal sets are
all made in their proper proportions, so
that the child unconsciously learns the
relative sizes of the various beasts. a
TOY NATIVITY SET (WOOD)
BY FRANK H. WHITTINGTON
BIRMINGHAM.—While the dweller in
London has the opportunity, through
multitudes of exhibitions, of seeing ex-
amples of the various modern art " move-
ments," the provincial Troglodyte has,
comparatively, few of such facilities. Al-
though Birmingham takes a high place in
virtue of its important permanent collec-
tion, certain features of which are unique,
and there are frequent exhibitions in the
New Street Galleries, one welcomes the
activity and catholicity which animate the
recently-founded Ruskin Gallery, with its
almost weekly succession of " one man,"
and " group " exhibitions. Among the
most interesting of recent shows we may
TOY CIRCUS SET (WOOD)
BY F.H. WHITTINGTON
379