. International studio. it and singonly the praises of hand ?Hi Jul W y < mm •<- f k B ly ^^ 0W ^v feLf -** ^V ^k^_ —^1 BT^^p IjB^^ ^Bbf. c t PORCELAIN FIGURES BY GMUN-DENER KERAMIK, DEUTSCHEWERKSTATTEN. BLOWN GLASSANIMALS BY R. L. F. SCHULZ. IVORYLOCKETS BY- FRITZ SCHMOLL PORCELAINS BY ROYAL MANUFACTORY, MEISSEN. VASEBY KERAMISCHE WERKSTATTEN SCHLEISS. GMUNDEN work, as the Victorians used to do, would beloves labor lost, and would mean giving overthe great mass of the people, who are forced todepend on machine made things, forever totaste-lessness and shoddiness. When, for example, thou
. International studio. it and singonly the praises of hand ?Hi Jul W y < mm •<- f k B ly ^^ 0W ^v feLf -** ^V ^k^_ —^1 BT^^p IjB^^ ^Bbf. c t PORCELAIN FIGURES BY GMUN-DENER KERAMIK, DEUTSCHEWERKSTATTEN. BLOWN GLASSANIMALS BY R. L. F. SCHULZ. IVORYLOCKETS BY- FRITZ SCHMOLL PORCELAINS BY ROYAL MANUFACTORY, MEISSEN. VASEBY KERAMISCHE WERKSTATTEN SCHLEISS. GMUNDEN work, as the Victorians used to do, would beloves labor lost, and would mean giving overthe great mass of the people, who are forced todepend on machine made things, forever totaste-lessness and shoddiness. When, for example, thou-sands of years ago, the potters wheel was firstinvented, no one shunned its use, and things wereno longer shaped by hand alone. And yet the mostcharming jugs and jars were created. It is thesame with the machine now. It should be aservant, doing the bidding of the artist workerwho knows its limitations and possibilities. Anyone who visits the Newark exhibition andlooks about him with observing eyes, will quicklv. j e l y 1922 ibi ee thirty-three inceRnAcionAL recognize what has been wrought in Germanyby this movement during the last fifteen years orso. He will find a number of quite simple articlesin glass, porcelain, etc., which can only be calledgenuine machine made wares, intended forlarge sale. But then he will also note that thehand of the artist has been busy in all branches ofeveryday life. He will see the book with itscharming or sombre binding, as the case may be,and the exquisite paper lining, specially designedby an artist; he will note that the type remindshim of the best periods of printing, and willenjoy reading a page made most inviting byreason of the perfect proportioning of printing,spacing, and margin. Then there are articles inbrass and iron, hammered by hand, the differencein the two metals being finely utilized to gamcertain effects. Some table silver is quite originalin design, but well adapted to its purpose. Beau-tiful ceramics—vases, plates, etc
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