. Art crafts for amateurs . essentially a colour art, and everything shouldbe done to bring out this quality, in which it standsunrivalled. The effect of veneers of gems is to beobtained, and the worker in enamels should think of colourbefore form, though the perfect work is the result of aunion of the two. The beginner, I hold, should not thinktoo much about form, for while he is occupied in schemingout his design, and attending to the delineation, he is apt toneglect his palette, and, as I have endeavoured to show,many charming effects can be obtained with enamelswithout any very elaborate d
. Art crafts for amateurs . essentially a colour art, and everything shouldbe done to bring out this quality, in which it standsunrivalled. The effect of veneers of gems is to beobtained, and the worker in enamels should think of colourbefore form, though the perfect work is the result of aunion of the two. The beginner, I hold, should not thinktoo much about form, for while he is occupied in schemingout his design, and attending to the delineation, he is apt toneglect his palette, and, as I have endeavoured to show,many charming effects can be obtained with enamelswithout any very elaborate designing. In speaking of enamels one always thinks of those worksof the sixteenth century, wrought at Limoges by thefamilies of Penicaud, Courtois, Limousin, and all traditional arts, there is a certain likeness in all theworks of the period, and if we examine the examples in 88 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. any fine collection, such as the Waddesdon bequest at theBritish Museum, we find that a dark, semi-opaque blue. No. 60.— Olivia. Enamelled Plaque in Translucent by Alex. Fisher. ground covers the copper, while translucent and opaqueenamels play into this. The sixteenth century craftsmen ENAMELLING AND ENAMELLED JEWELLERY. 89 were very skilful in using an opaque enamel so that themodelling was given by the ground colour showing throughthe white. When we consider the size of the dishes,plaques, ewers, and other articles successfully fired by theseLimoges craftsmen, knowing the risks run wherever workhas to go through the ordeal by fire, it increases ouradmiration of their productions, though the designs they
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