. Art crafts for amateurs . n be beaten pewter plates beat up very well, and as they are to bepicked up reasonably they should be tried. I have seensome wrought by Mr. Gilbert Marks which were veryeffective. No. 46 is a good example of beaten is a method of eating away a portion of the copper BEATEN ME TA L IVOR K OR REPOUSSE. 51 with nitric acid and either leaving the parts not acided, orbeating them up slightly so as to give them further edges of the design left in relief by the acid should bepunched round, so as to mark it through at the back, andthis alon
. Art crafts for amateurs . n be beaten pewter plates beat up very well, and as they are to bepicked up reasonably they should be tried. I have seensome wrought by Mr. Gilbert Marks which were veryeffective. No. 46 is a good example of beaten is a method of eating away a portion of the copper BEATEN ME TA L IVOR K OR REPOUSSE. 51 with nitric acid and either leaving the parts not acided, orbeating them up slightly so as to give them further edges of the design left in relief by the acid should bepunched round, so as to mark it through at the back, andthis alone gives further relief to the pattern. You mighttransfer your design to the metal and then paint over withBrunswick black the portions not to be eaten away. Whenthis is quite hard, pour the acid upon it. If it were a tray, thenyou have only to cover the sideswith black andpour in the it be a flat sur-face, then youmust make a para-pet of wax, to keepin the acid. Purenitric acid worksquickly and youhad better perform. the operation out Nq 33>_Heraldic Beast. of doors, as the fumes are very objectionable. You must also see thatyou have well covered your copper with the Brunswickblack, as the acid will eat its way through any pinhole thatmay be left, and this the acid will soon enlarge. If you findthe acid attacking any part you do not wish acided, pour itoff into the bottle, wash well with warm water, and whendry touch in the places with black. In cold weather theaction of the acid is quickened by warming the metal. Asfor the length of time the acid must remain on, nothing very 52 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. definite can be said. When the acid is new it works quickerthan if it had been used before. From a-quarter to half- an-hour wouldproduce a verydecided surfacegivenby the acid is abroken one, butnot unpleasant. Nos. 26 and27 might belargely wroughtby aciding awaythe the seconddesign the wholeof the back-ground could beremoved to acertain depth
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