. The Roycroft books; a catalog and some comment concerning the shop and workers at East Aurora, . with thevisitors eyes with the label, These are the shoes that Sam-my the Artist wore when he cameto the Roycroft Shop. Sammy did nt like that, saysFra Elbertus, and said theymust come down. Sammy isDutch and has occasional lapsesinto seriousness. But the shoesstayed, because they tell a betterstory than any that has everbeen printed in the shop, & nowSammy is proud of of the creative genius ofthe shop outside of literature isderived from St. Jerome Roy-croft. His impulse for the pl
. The Roycroft books; a catalog and some comment concerning the shop and workers at East Aurora, . with thevisitors eyes with the label, These are the shoes that Sam-my the Artist wore when he cameto the Roycroft Shop. Sammy did nt like that, saysFra Elbertus, and said theymust come down. Sammy isDutch and has occasional lapsesinto seriousness. But the shoesstayed, because they tell a betterstory than any that has everbeen printed in the shop, & nowSammy is proud of of the creative genius ofthe shop outside of literature isderived from St. Jerome Roy-croft. His impulse for the plasticarts had to struggle through anenvironment of Jerome is only twenty-fourand has a chest like a beer kegand the profile of an AmericanIndian. His black hair is asstraight as so much wire and helets it grow down to his collarand there chops it off short andsquare. He turned to stonecut-ting from blacksmithing. It soonbecame apparent that he couldcut stone artistically and justthen Hubbard found him. He hasnever studied in an art school inhis life. He models portrait busts. RoycrofL Blacksmiths. and bas-reliefs that are accept-ed as remarkable work by manycompetent judges who have seenthem. He chisels marble copiesof his own clay models. Thenthere is sober, sedate & quiet Ele-anor Douglas, who throws potteryon the wheel and has discoveredthat East Aurora clay is suscept-ible of such treatment that itmay be brought out of the kilnwith a beautiful color unknownto other pottery. ^ When andirons were want-ed for the big fireplaces in theshop, Josh went to the villageblacksmiths shop and hammeredthem out, with the aid of theblacksmith. A visitor saw andcoveted them. They were soldto him at a good big price. Sincethen the blacksmiths shop hasbeen annexed by the Roycrofters& andirons have become a Roy-croft product. The sign of theRoycroft, before the bad boyspelted it with apples so it had tobe taken down, was the hippo-campus or sea horse. The Roy-croft andirons
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