. Art crafts for amateurs . are often far before any that are■designedly done. Such a design as No. 168, though drawn originally asa tail-piece, is conceived in quite the right way for pokerwork, as the outlines are few and decided, and the blackbackground gives a certain sculpturesque quality to thefigures and details. Thick undyed leather can be effectively decorated withpoker work, and an artist friend showed me a couple ofpanels in which he had carried out two of Teniers com-positions. The main lines of the pictures were executedwith the pyrometer, just as though you made a tracingof the p
. Art crafts for amateurs . are often far before any that are■designedly done. Such a design as No. 168, though drawn originally asa tail-piece, is conceived in quite the right way for pokerwork, as the outlines are few and decided, and the blackbackground gives a certain sculpturesque quality to thefigures and details. Thick undyed leather can be effectively decorated withpoker work, and an artist friend showed me a couple ofpanels in which he had carried out two of Teniers com-positions. The main lines of the pictures were executedwith the pyrometer, just as though you made a tracingof the pictures in outline, and where a mass of shadowcame it was burnt in, and then the colour of the originalpictures was suggested by rubbing on oil colour andwiping off the surplus. The warm yellow-brown of theleather gave a rich tone to the colour, and produced amost harmonious result. No attempt was made to obtaina copy of the pictures, but only a translation or para-phrase as it were. I have seen other examples of leather. ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. decorated in this way with more ornamental patterns, andthose readers who have only tried poker work on woodwill be glad of the suggestion to essay effects on leather,as the surface and colour of undyed cowhide lends itselfto a decorative scheme. In the Paris Exhibition were to beseen some most admirable effects produced by poker workon leather; in fact, it appeared to be a favourite method ofdecorating leather. In some cases the design was out-lined by the poker, and then the design repoussed orpunched in from the front. The leather employed wasinvariably of the nature of cow-hide, and was light brownin colour. Stains were used to give colour to the patternsin some cases with considerable effect. Various combinations suggest themselves, such as beatenor repousse leather and poker work, but these I mustleave to the reader to carry out for himself. DesignNo. 169, for instance, if wrought on a larger scale, wouldlend itself to the dual
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