. Art crafts for amateurs . character, the details beingdistributed around a waved line running through theborder. All the details are suggested by various plantgrowths, the columbine being specially drawn upon, thoughby no means adhered to, as the entwining tendril has nocounterpart in the aquilegia. This class of work, in which nature is suggested withoutany particular plant being specified, should commend itselfto amateurs, as success is not so difficult of attainment hereas it is in the more ornamental styles of design. No. 82 is founded upon the oak, but only the shape otthe leaves and ac
. Art crafts for amateurs . character, the details beingdistributed around a waved line running through theborder. All the details are suggested by various plantgrowths, the columbine being specially drawn upon, thoughby no means adhered to, as the entwining tendril has nocounterpart in the aquilegia. This class of work, in which nature is suggested withoutany particular plant being specified, should commend itselfto amateurs, as success is not so difficult of attainment hereas it is in the more ornamental styles of design. No. 82 is founded upon the oak, but only the shape otthe leaves and acorns is followed, the stem being treated as INLAY 29 pure ornament. In taking nature as a basis it does notfollow that a close adherence to fact is obligatory. Yourskill as a designer is shown in the way nature is modifiedand adapted to suit the work in hand. A certain simplicityis a necessity of the case, for our inlay is not like a brush ofcolour which can be usedwith spontaneityrapidity, but ishard and inflex-ible. No. 88.—Circular Borderformed . of . leaves andberries, the stems beingmade an important featureof the design ; nature isonly hinted at, and if anymodel can be pointed to,it is the Virginian Creeper. slow operation as compared withpainted decoration; therefore theutmost economy of means shouldbe displayed, so that the maximum[?^IL^\1J1\\ °f e^ect is produced with the leastexpenditure of time. This doesnot imply that the work should be done hastily andscamped, but that the design should suit the means ofreproduction. In selecting the woods, arrange them so thatyou obtain relief between the different parts of the design ;a kind of light and shade, as it were. K 130 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. No. 83 is of simple character; but if some choicematerial, such as pearl shell or ivory, could be introducedinto the butterflies, the effect would be enhanced. If alight wood be used the worker could add to his work, andpossibly to the effect of the design, by engraving a
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