. Art crafts for amateurs . AL WORK OR REPOUSSE. 47 ! The animal forms in No. 27 need be the only ones in anything like relief. In the copper panel No. 28 the relief ispretty much the same all over, and such adesign would be a very suitable one for abeginner to beat up, a flat panel beingmuch more easily manipulated than a potor cup such as No. 29, which is a verygood instance of a repeating geometricaldesign being employed in the decora-i , iSj tion of a round surface. The other example of work wrought by■HR9B| the Yattenden class, which has made aspeciality of copper repousse, No. 3, ,
. Art crafts for amateurs . AL WORK OR REPOUSSE. 47 ! The animal forms in No. 27 need be the only ones in anything like relief. In the copper panel No. 28 the relief ispretty much the same all over, and such adesign would be a very suitable one for abeginner to beat up, a flat panel beingmuch more easily manipulated than a potor cup such as No. 29, which is a verygood instance of a repeating geometricaldesign being employed in the decora-i , iSj tion of a round surface. The other example of work wrought by■HR9B| the Yattenden class, which has made aspeciality of copper repousse, No. 3, , is suggestive in treatment. Here wehave a certain barbaric rudeness which,if not overdone, is very must avoid covering the whole surface with workof the samecharacter. Donot be afraid of spaces to work de-pends for its effectupon relief; a plainspace shouldfollow a busy one,one in low relief aportion in highrelief. Then thesurface itself, No. 28.—EmbossedCopper Panel,the work of theYattenden No. 29. -Embossed Copper Mug, the workof the Yattenden Class. 48 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. produced by hammering, should be valued. If we examinea piece of nicely wrought metal we find that the hammer
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