. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 114.—Panel based on Sun-flower. The white lines showwhere a carvers gouge couldbe used with advantage. i68 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. shown what I consider the most original design I havehere attempted. It is based on the peacock, and it occursto me that some very effective designs might be wrought onthese lines. A design for the stand for the portfolio is alsogiven in No. No. 115.—Cabinet ornamented with frets laid on. In the ends thedesign is produced by what is cut away. A picturesque fire-screen might be made by hingeingtogether three or four fretwork pa
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 114.—Panel based on Sun-flower. The white lines showwhere a carvers gouge couldbe used with advantage. i68 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. shown what I consider the most original design I havehere attempted. It is based on the peacock, and it occursto me that some very effective designs might be wrought onthese lines. A design for the stand for the portfolio is alsogiven in No. No. 115.—Cabinet ornamented with frets laid on. In the ends thedesign is produced by what is cut away. A picturesque fire-screen might be made by hingeingtogether three or four fretwork panels. A fillet might bescrewed on to the margin, to take a sheet or sheets of glass,so as to check the heat. I have suggested, in Fig. 114, apanel based on the sunflower. Here again the lattice workis introduced to give strength and character to the design. FRETWORK. T69 In sketching the design this should be indicated before thefloral part is finally decided upon, so that the forms may beworked in effectively with the lattice. A reference toNo. in will show that the grape design (as well as the sun-flower), is influenced by the lattice work, and if in makingthe design you simply put the lattice in arbitrarily, after thefloral part is drawn, some parts of it will be cut off in aclumsy fashion. Inthe panel of sun-flower, I have indi-cated the veining ofthe leaves and thedetails of the flowers,which
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