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The presence of one or two well - known 

 artists in the Sussex village of Amberley, 

 which lies picturesquely hooded under thatched 

 roofs, has, I know, withheld the ravaging 

 hand of the jerry - builder destitute of taste, 

 and the influence of artists who have taken 

 up their residence at Haslemere and Campden 

 is already discernible. 



At Haslemere the Peasant Arts Society 

 received its creative inspiration from Mr. 

 Godfrey Blount. This artist gives up much of 

 his valuable time to designing table-cloths, em- 

 broidered linen towels, pinafores, and carpets, 

 which are either spun or woven on the hand- 

 loom in his house, where most of the rooms 

 have been converted into working rooms, or at 

 the Haslemere Weaving Industry, instituted 

 by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King. 



The colour schemes in many of these 

 designs are very beautiful, and I understand 

 that Mrs. Blount is now largely responsible for 

 them. It is she who superintends the work of 

 the dozen or so of girls drawn from the district. 



At St. Cross, and especially at the larger 

 workshop of the Haslemere Industry so charm- 

 ingly housed, the handicraft woman is more in 

 evidence than the craftsman. Here, though 



