. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. he modernEnglish handicraftmovement, there ran likea peaceful undercurrentthe constant story of theopening buds, the flow-ering fruit trees, thesong of the birds atKelmscott. He also for-sook his shops in smokyLondon for the free air,the running brook, thesimpler surroundings ofMerton Abbey. To-day Mr. Ashbee,the disciple and friendof Morris, after thirteenyears at Essex House inthe slums of London,has sought out the me-dieval village of Chi])-ping Cam])den in theColtswold hills of Glou-cestershire, where he hastransported
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. he modernEnglish handicraftmovement, there ran likea peaceful undercurrentthe constant story of theopening buds, the flow-ering fruit trees, thesong of the birds atKelmscott. He also for-sook his shops in smokyLondon for the free air,the running brook, thesimpler surroundings ofMerton Abbey. To-day Mr. Ashbee,the disciple and friendof Morris, after thirteenyears at Essex House inthe slums of London,has sought out the me-dieval village of Chi])-ping Cam])den in theColtswold hills of Glou-cestershire, where he hastransported an entirecommunity of craftsworkers. Down in Surrey, inthe picturesque villageof Haslemere, Mr. God-frey Blount has plantedanother colony of i)eas-ant weavers and workersin the various branchesof handicraft, his object NATIONAL SOCIETY OE CRAFTSMEN being to restore the true country life, its faith, itscrafts; to increase the love of traditional design, toencourage beautiful and useful handiwork doneunder happy conditions. Li Ireland Gleeson has founded the Dun. GATEWAY HEADQUARTERSCLI Simtmer Arts and Crafts Emer Industries in the midst of a farming idea is being carried out in various parts ofthe United States and similar efforts are being madeto encourage the production of beautiful and usefulhand-work under the more healthful and naturalconditions of rural life. In the old Colonial town of Deertield, Mass., athriving community of crafts workers are revivingthe simple industries of Colonial days, notably theblue and white weaving and needlework. Theworkers dye their own materials in indigo, madderand fustic. Here also are built simple and artisticforms of furniture and a special sort of basketry ispractised. In Kentucky, the Berea Colony areweaving rugs, table covers, bed spreads, etc. AtByrdcliffe, Ulster County, N. Y., there is an activecolony of wood carvers, weavers and workersin the various lines of handicraft. In Maine, theCranberry Island
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