DOI issue:
No. 393 (December 1925)
DOI article:[Studio-talk]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0386
BIRMINGHAM—EDINBURGH—GLASGOW
EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF
CASE. BY ISABEL RATTRAY
mention the work of the Birmingham
Craftsmen's Group, the leading members
of which are connected with the Art
School ; the Halesowen Group, which
comprised the work of Mr, C. V. Macken-
zie, Mr. W. Ward and Mr. McQueen ; a
small collection of bronzes by Mr. Albert
Toft; posters and pictures by Miss Grace
Digby (whose Batik work was illustrated
in our pages a short time ago) ; and a
series of paintings and drawings of Black
Country subjects by Mr. E. Butler Bayliss.
At the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. Mr,
George Leigh showed a large number of
drawings of Walberswick and neighbour-
hood. 0 a a a a a
The Birmingham Royal Society of
Artists have just opened their autumn
exhibition of members' works. Included
are memorial groups of works by three
members recently deceased : Mr. W. J.
Morgan, R.B.A., Mr. V. de Ville, and
Mr. W. B.Fortescue. M.B.B.
EDINBURGH.—Miss Mabel Dawson,
R.S.W., is one of the enthusiastic
members of the recently formed ** Modern
Embroideries Society, Edinburgh." For
a number of years Miss Dawson's
water-colours, principally of bird life,
have always been prominent in the
various exhibitions, but I think it is
only within the last few years that she has
380
turned her talent with the same display of
artistic feeling and distinguishment to the
art of embroidery. Her technical accom-
plishment in design and colour, and her
subservience of her materials and their
applicable use are notable, the left side of
the panel being specially attractive in its
colour values, the golden hue of the figure
on the right keeping its plane perhaps more
evincibly in the original. Other interest-
ing examples of some of the Society's
members' work with a short notice of their
ideals appeared in The Studio for June,
1925. E. A. T.
GLASGOW.—A little over thirty years
ago, a then new movement in the
design and art of embroidery was com-
menced in the Glasgow School of Art,
under the leading spirited guidance of
Mrs. Jessie Newbery, whose influence
notably affected the work of the em-
broideresses throughout Scotland. Since
those years many women artists and
designers, whose works under those early
influences have become notable, have with
a vital and living spirit added their own
thoughtfulness to its progress. Amongst
the living enthusiasts Miss Margaret
Swanson holds and maintains a prominent
position. As a water-colour artist her
knowledge of colour led her to overcome
the difficulty many children have in seeing
a white stitch on a white ground, with the
PART OF AN EMBROIDERED
TABLE SCARF. BY MARY DEANS
EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF
CASE. BY ISABEL RATTRAY
mention the work of the Birmingham
Craftsmen's Group, the leading members
of which are connected with the Art
School ; the Halesowen Group, which
comprised the work of Mr, C. V. Macken-
zie, Mr. W. Ward and Mr. McQueen ; a
small collection of bronzes by Mr. Albert
Toft; posters and pictures by Miss Grace
Digby (whose Batik work was illustrated
in our pages a short time ago) ; and a
series of paintings and drawings of Black
Country subjects by Mr. E. Butler Bayliss.
At the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. Mr,
George Leigh showed a large number of
drawings of Walberswick and neighbour-
hood. 0 a a a a a
The Birmingham Royal Society of
Artists have just opened their autumn
exhibition of members' works. Included
are memorial groups of works by three
members recently deceased : Mr. W. J.
Morgan, R.B.A., Mr. V. de Ville, and
Mr. W. B.Fortescue. M.B.B.
EDINBURGH.—Miss Mabel Dawson,
R.S.W., is one of the enthusiastic
members of the recently formed ** Modern
Embroideries Society, Edinburgh." For
a number of years Miss Dawson's
water-colours, principally of bird life,
have always been prominent in the
various exhibitions, but I think it is
only within the last few years that she has
380
turned her talent with the same display of
artistic feeling and distinguishment to the
art of embroidery. Her technical accom-
plishment in design and colour, and her
subservience of her materials and their
applicable use are notable, the left side of
the panel being specially attractive in its
colour values, the golden hue of the figure
on the right keeping its plane perhaps more
evincibly in the original. Other interest-
ing examples of some of the Society's
members' work with a short notice of their
ideals appeared in The Studio for June,
1925. E. A. T.
GLASGOW.—A little over thirty years
ago, a then new movement in the
design and art of embroidery was com-
menced in the Glasgow School of Art,
under the leading spirited guidance of
Mrs. Jessie Newbery, whose influence
notably affected the work of the em-
broideresses throughout Scotland. Since
those years many women artists and
designers, whose works under those early
influences have become notable, have with
a vital and living spirit added their own
thoughtfulness to its progress. Amongst
the living enthusiasts Miss Margaret
Swanson holds and maintains a prominent
position. As a water-colour artist her
knowledge of colour led her to overcome
the difficulty many children have in seeing
a white stitch on a white ground, with the
PART OF AN EMBROIDERED
TABLE SCARF. BY MARY DEANS