The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
WELL KNOWN
ARTIST HERE
Miss Vinegar, Painter,
Rollins !. College In
structor, Visitor
R- MRS. p. F. PATTON

of artists, writers, nature
,jonts and other worthwhile peo-
rio who are finding rest and fresh
;nsniration for their work among
+ha mountains Of Henderson
o on each summer, none add
ornatcr interest than does MISS
Xnne Vinegar, now at hef camp
rear Hendersonvillc. NJ.
During the past winter, MISS
Vincgar who is a member OF the
ooionT at Peterborough, N. o..
tanpbt III Rollins college, at WIN,
fer Park, Fla. where she mao
classes in drawing, painting ana
hook binding,-and at the close
NJ her vacation here, she will re-
tnr.n 10 the college and take up
her classes during the coming
term. e
: Miss Vinegar is a native OF
California, where she spent her
carly DAYS. After graduating
from Wellcsly. she went abroad
and studied under well-known
teachers in Paris and later III
Italy. For several years, her
residence has been in BronXviile.
n. Y. Here she has her home and
studio in u charming house, which
began it's usefulness as a huge
country barn. Under the lnsplra-
ton and guiding hand of Miss
VINEGAR. it was transformed in
to its present spaclOuSneSs. One
of chief attractions Of the farm
at the time Miss Vinegar became
its owner was an old weathered
wall Of boulders, and the plenti-
full outcropping of stone on Its
hills. With all the artistry at
her command, Miss Vinegar has
had these stones built into a wall
across the back part Of her place,
where it. and the dense hedge OF
cvergreons planted beside 1t. form
Il background for the summer
house. fountain, pool and gar
dens which she has built on her
grounds. On one spot against
this background is the "Cornflow-
er Field" where this lovely vaga-
bond has transformed the hillside
into a mist of blue. Tucked into
Il nook at the foot of this hill is
the fountain, the figure of an ell
fish child whose cupped hands
catch the tiny thread Of a brook
from the hillside, and spill the
drops into a lily pool which is
planted with rare lilies and peo-
pied with gold fish. This foun-
tain piece was designed and made
by Miss Wincgar's friend, Miss
Clara Hill, a sculptor Of Wash
ington, D. c., who spends many
summers with her at Bronxville.
From this pool, down through the
rockery, and around the house,
are the colorful gardens which
have been the inspiration for so
many Of Miss Winegar's paint
irgs,-for she has been making
specially Of painting gardens for
many years. To gardeners and
lovers Of flowers everywhere, she
needs no introduction beyond the
telling that she is the artist who
did the originals Of the lovely il
Illustrations in Louise Beebe Wild
er's book, "Color in My Garden"
During the time Miss Vinegar
was painting the pictures of this
garden, she stayed at the home of
the author, in Suffern, N. Y, and
truly lived in the garden. An ex-
animation Of the book reveals in
each illustration how completely
she entered into the spirit of the
work. ..
Miss Vinegar feels that with
the increased leisure which will
come, since working hours for in
dustry have been shortened, there
will be q revival and increase of
interest in the arts and crafts
as the first creative urge that
finally evolved into many of these
had its beginning in the leisure
hours of our ancestors who lived
q simpler life than has been ours
in late years. With this feeling
as her motive, she is devoting
much of her time to teaching and
encouraging pupils to acquire the
fascinating art of early book
binding. Her first introduction
to this was in the old world,
where in a little shop, in Sienna,
Italy, she was a pupil of those
who carried on this work in the
same little place where it had
first begun centuries ago. With
Ter instruction in the fundamen
tails of the art received here, she
has studied and worked out her
own methods along many lines.
From the first cutting of the pa
per its folding, sewing. down to
the final binding in the leather
cover, the work is taught to her
pupils. To assure the texture and
fine color tones in her leather,
she prepares and dyes the hides
with dye solutions she has work
ed out. Smaller books are bound
with the hand done Batik paper
covers. Pupils working under her
instruction at Rollins college last
winter completed books which
were included in the exhibit sent
from this school to the Century
of Progress this summer.
One particularly skilful piece
nf hpoL hin dipn Jae;oool on1 49,