. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 16.—Studies helpfulj in bird .carving, adapted from Japanesecarvings in very low relief. An ornamental treatment is necessaryif birds are to keep their place in carving. The wings and tail lendthemselves to a highly ornamental treatment, as can be seen in thediagram. getting no two exactly alike ! If you try to carve your WOOD CAiVlNG. 29 apples without reference to nature, how tame, becausemechanical, will the result be ! Where the work of othermen and times may be of help is in suggesting how you. No. 17.—Beer Jug?, Fiat Bread Box, and Cheese Box, from Soeters
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 16.—Studies helpfulj in bird .carving, adapted from Japanesecarvings in very low relief. An ornamental treatment is necessaryif birds are to keep their place in carving. The wings and tail lendthemselves to a highly ornamental treatment, as can be seen in thediagram. getting no two exactly alike ! If you try to carve your WOOD CAiVlNG. 29 apples without reference to nature, how tame, becausemechanical, will the result be ! Where the work of othermen and times may be of help is in suggesting how you. No. 17.—Beer Jug?, Fiat Bread Box, and Cheese Box, from Soetersdaland Thelemark. Good examples of simple patterns well adaptedto their purpose. may pull and twist nature into quaint and cunningdevices. If we look at the screen (No. 10) we findGibbons did not evolve a design logically from some one 30 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. plant, but he weaves together two or more distinct scroll-work is evolved by the fancy of the artist, thoughthe acanthus-like leaves show that such scroll-work was thecommon property of the time. But at the top he introducestwo wreaths, one of laurel and one of blossoms, held up byribbons, while lower down festoons of flowers naturallytreated are suspended from the scrolls. These motifs arepurely artificial arrangements, conceits we might termthem, and some might hesitate to copy them. I lean to adesign which is evolved from nature, like the vine in No. 7,without the introduction of such conceits ; for thoughthe tendrils and the main stem are highly o
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