. Art crafts for amateurs . n and commonplace. This is not said to excuse defi-ciencies, but to warn the reader that only the bare facts canbe given in a sketch—the charm of workmanship, thebeauty of surface, tooling, and all that goes to makecraftsmanship is wanting. It is much as though we tookthe plot of Ivanhoe and gave it to a person, expecting themto judge of the novel by this mere catalogue of names andincidents. The tendency of all designs for the crafts is to be want-ing in simplicity, and this I think comes about through thedesire of the designer to make a pretty-looking drawing. A M
. Art crafts for amateurs . n and commonplace. This is not said to excuse defi-ciencies, but to warn the reader that only the bare facts canbe given in a sketch—the charm of workmanship, thebeauty of surface, tooling, and all that goes to makecraftsmanship is wanting. It is much as though we tookthe plot of Ivanhoe and gave it to a person, expecting themto judge of the novel by this mere catalogue of names andincidents. The tendency of all designs for the crafts is to be want-ing in simplicity, and this I think comes about through thedesire of the designer to make a pretty-looking drawing. A METHOD OF STUDY. 5 Just as the synopsis of a story seems very bald and com-monplace when printed, so does a sketch made for any craftlook thin and empty, and yet if carried out this very poor-looking drawing would in all likelihood be far more effectiveand suited to the craft than a highly ornate one. Were wejust to draw in outline some of the photographs in thesepages, which, taken direct from the objects themselves, give. t No. 2.—Oak Chest. Locking Class, under Miss Gimingham. some slight sense of the beauty of material in which theyare wrought and the skill of the hand that fashioned them,we should find that there would be a great want of charmin them. Point can be given to this remark by instancinga line tooled on leather, and one drawn on paper. Drawon paper a choice binding, and it resembles the work itself 6 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. about as much as a phonograph does the song or playing itrecords. The publishers have been lavish in the matter of illustra-tions, and have allowed me to give a very large number ofexamples. It is only possible to do this and keep the bookat a moderate price where a large stock of blocks can bedrawn upon. In fact, it is only since blocks have beenmade by the half-tone process direct from photographs ofactual work that a book such as this could be issued. Inmaking the selection of illustrations I have endeavoured tobe as eclectic as possib
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