{"id":1004,"date":"2016-02-27T23:27:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/htwyse.info\/HTW\/?page_id=1004"},"modified":"2016-06-16T09:32:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T09:32:30","slug":"other-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/htwyse.info\/HTW\/other-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saloon at the Arcadian Gallery, Glasgow – Designed by Henry T. Wyse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Henry Wyse was interested in the many different forms of media and printing processes. He maintained a well stocked workshop in his attic, from where\u00a0he used to experiment with such things as the commercial production of marbled paper, \u2018harmonograph\u2019 drawings, and even making his own pastels. He also published many instructional books throughout\u00a0his life, though most were published in the early 1900’s. Some of these books are illustrated on the Publications page. On Illustrated Manuscripts\u00a0page, you will see\u00a0some of the hand made illustrated\u00a0books that remain within the family archives.<\/p>\n

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In his last years, Henry Wyse\u2019s designed a cross and pulpit hanging\u00a0for his local church in Blackhall, Edinburgh. Only a wooden maquette of the cross was ever constructed as far as we know, but the pulpit fall was actually sewn and displayed. Its whereabouts are now unknown.<\/p>\n

Embroidery made for Henry Wyse by his\u00a0daughter, Helann Wannop (n\u00e9e Wyse)<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is\u00a0an interesting example of one of the many different things Henry Wyse turned his hand to, an illustrated manuscript on bagpipe music that was presented to King George VI.<\/p>\n

 
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In the 1930’s, after experimenting with a simple machine in his attic, that involved mangle rollers and corks, Henry Wyse designed a machine to print the marbled papers you will see in many of the examples in this archive. Marbled paper\u00a0went into production during the late 1930\u2019s at a print factory in Leith. He took out a patent for the machine in both the British Isles and Canada. This is an extract from the patent application he submitted.<\/p>\n

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The full patent applications can be viewed from these links:<\/p>\n