International studio . is work which led him oftento neglect, even when they stared him inthe face, the more usual and less laborious routes to success and reputation. Letme illustrate these two traits, so delight-fully typical of the man, before passing tothe third which was even more character-istic of the craftsman. a 0 0An architect first, and then—having re-belled, like other eminent craftsmen fromWilliam Morris onwards, against themodern conception of the architect as adesigner merely—a jeweller and metal-worker on his own account, he added infairly rapid succession the crafts of thework
International studio . is work which led him oftento neglect, even when they stared him inthe face, the more usual and less laborious routes to success and reputation. Letme illustrate these two traits, so delight-fully typical of the man, before passing tothe third which was even more character-istic of the craftsman. a 0 0An architect first, and then—having re-belled, like other eminent craftsmen fromWilliam Morris onwards, against themodern conception of the architect as adesigner merely—a jeweller and metal-worker on his own account, he added infairly rapid succession the crafts of theworker in stained glass, the sculptor andthe wood-worker to that in which he hadfirst distinguished himself. Entirely with-out other training in this art, he preparedhimself for the production of his firstbeautiful window in Turnham GreenChurch merely by the study of Whalls well-known book onthe subject; and this window not onlywon Mr. Whalls high admiration, but hegenerously admitted to Mrs. Bonnor that. CARVED GRANITE CROSS INLLANGEDWYN CHURCHYARDBY J. H. BONNOR JOHN HOUGHTON BONNOR : AN APPRECIATION
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