ART FOR THE YOUNG.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 441, 25 February 1909, Page 9

ART FOR THE YOUNG.

PLASTIC CRAFT IN SCHOOLS ; . AN INTERESTING LECTURE.' ?

Mr. William Harbutt, A.R.0.A., of Rath, mglan&islt^ft^postlg.impmlbj| jliiVSpriiU'. ciples of form.. .to. young cliildren,. which !ho terms'. plastic.- craft.;:.;; Ho :is. at:';present ;in' demonstratiorisfof;Vhif: methods v to'j those'local ;W?®P?rß'-;^f : Ahe''.<;teaphing ; r I®s atotlie .^stablish'merit. (of 'Messrs. j:^ ! hitconib'e'aria.'';Tombs,:^'Ltd'.','' f dn"'tW .Quay:: At an'iijlustrat&l, given - there: t-ion; .to members :of;.' . tho profession, tho Minister.. for .Education; (Hon..:G. Fowlds), • Mr.. Harbutt's system consists of a simnlo i ordinary.infants'.-i-.Bolioolj';twlitHoi.it- "expensive equipment of- andwhich i? a P."i^~}-~^ u ßft'fc"^hy"' ; ' , 6lio'-'''Ordina^-;'st-a3ff-'of-'' tho i {-'PiasticSV-ver7uegmning*of-the'child's life'and Activity,: and may be said, to' be ;anticipatory of .modej',l}n,g'Qnst;.':s'i:niodelling\Ti .'soon': asjever: theichild.oan'hold ;a-j penoil; :he'.-,6houldi'b.(l..,«ic6uraged^i"ito ' : -make : a working drawhig : 'of his", yplastics" howdver. -oru'dejand. unfinishe'd so, far as-twhiiique .goes,-' 7' Kay appear". Tho' iri'eaning and' value of : clra-wingi thbnllbeoomes ;ipp"areht;)to';him as - a rear.-ii^e;' ' aJtomSjl i>7en 'before .the.':art^ofgoading:} miting/:: r new sjstem;derp'a'nds a''pWstidvmedium/.'brvehicle 1 ' : 8 ?P' 1 v ! .Thdrmaterial! may/and, arid cords, rotated; :m toballs ;• and.: marbles,^pressed, :?.rid 1 9^ e f^W^- : s at^Plates > : '«^ n t,i.'twisted, folded, ;,;hiaminered;:?'ahd:' cut;', with V knife 'or Wn^j-and^moiiifidd''aiid [elabbrkted afterwards fineer s ;pr«ssuro;:-, ;,The,: employment' of left well'as-right hand'is-to bo. encouraged in of tho' work.';'.Forn)s geomctricii]: ■ .'andv naturalistic,' /are,.further evolved, i'andibecdme the basis ! of :other<aevejopments;i : .;r• -;.v. • •sihiplp: • b«n called...;mode!litig, the necessity of employing the-new word, "plastics" is apparent in the : qind' 'fS a fe'.P.' a #os',?,is;'only.;ano^ .lmg, and that; a 'debased'dnev.j' .'fpiagtics l ' »'• first' pririciplea,"' hiit ;?P-t an origin alx and/ distinct field vof its .own, and . leads; up to modelling- as gener- ■ ally'understood • m':.tho\;art ;6chdols.,'