. Art crafts for amateurs . tice. A reference toNo. in will show that the grape design (as well as the sun-flower), is influenced by the lattice work, and if in makingthe design you simply put the lattice in arbitrarily, after thefloral part is drawn, some parts of it will be cut off in aclumsy fashion. Inthe panel of sun-flower, I have indi-cated the veining ofthe leaves and thedetails of the flowers,which can be doneby a carvers again the floralpart might be stained,or the lattice got outof a different woodand put at the backof the is no reasonwhy some amount ofcarvi
. Art crafts for amateurs . tice. A reference toNo. in will show that the grape design (as well as the sun-flower), is influenced by the lattice work, and if in makingthe design you simply put the lattice in arbitrarily, after thefloral part is drawn, some parts of it will be cut off in aclumsy fashion. Inthe panel of sun-flower, I have indi-cated the veining ofthe leaves and thedetails of the flowers,which can be doneby a carvers again the floralpart might be stained,or the lattice got outof a different woodand put at the backof the is no reasonwhy some amount ofcarving should not bedone to fretwork. Many of the carved screens, such asthat in Trinity College, Oxford, are fret-cut as well as Japanese introduce carved fretwork into their cabinets,and very effective and dainty it is. It would help the fretcutter in original work to study some of these carved fretsfrom Japan, and also some of their books of design, whichare procurable at art booksellers like Batsfords in No. 116.—Bird in Fretwork. Thewhite lines are given by a gouge,but they can be omitted. 170 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. The carved fret could be glued down on to a panel of acabinet. It need not masquerade as a piece of pure carving,but could be frankly shown to be what it is—a fret laiddown upon a panel. I would even recommend the fretworkbeing cut out, say of light or white wood, and laid downon a dark one. Another use to which frets may be put is the ornamen-
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