. Art crafts for amateurs . ment. 122 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. try to import certain personal touches into the schemethough I must admit I find it very difficult to do this wherethe motifs are so well known as in this so-called FrenchRenaissance work. Professional designers are too often compelled to dowork in the style of such-and-such a period, because,having to earn their living, they have no choice but to dowhat they are paid for doing ; but I think I am speakingfor most of them when I say that they would far preferbeing asked to make an original design, freshness oftreatment being the onl
. Art crafts for amateurs . ment. 122 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. try to import certain personal touches into the schemethough I must admit I find it very difficult to do this wherethe motifs are so well known as in this so-called FrenchRenaissance work. Professional designers are too often compelled to dowork in the style of such-and-such a period, because,having to earn their living, they have no choice but to dowhat they are paid for doing ; but I think I am speakingfor most of them when I say that they would far preferbeing asked to make an original design, freshness oftreatment being the only condition imposed. The amateur. No. 83.—Continuous Border of conventionalised plant and insectforms. The leaf stems are made into an ornamental feature. Theinsects might be formed of mother-of-pearl or ivory. craftsman is under no obligation to work in a particulargroove, but can give rein to his fancy and do just as itdictates; and I can only hope that some of my strivings,where I have imposed no artificial conditions, will act as astimulus when my readers essay something original \ forthe best use they can put my designs to, is to use them asdata or notes, and not as dogmas. In designing inlays, the first thing to remember is themethod of reproduction. The design is composed of anumber of pieces which have to be cut out of very thin INLA YING. 123 wood (veneers) and let into the surface to be decorated. Acertain simplicity, even severity, should characterise ourdesign. We must think of everything as a shape, as asilhouette in fact, and not as a transcript of nature. Acertain ingenuity, therefore, should be displ
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