. Art crafts for amateurs . dlemarch was recom-mended to take up turning as a relaxation to his seriousand brain-wearing pursuit of discovering the key to all themythologies: wood carving would probably have suitedhim better as being more brainy than turning, withoutbeing too serious a strain upon the nerves. I assume that most of my readers are craftsmen, for it isnot the intention of this work to give preliminary instruc-tion so much as to direct their work, to suggest variousmethods of treating the material, how the amateur can bestutilise his energy, and turn his labour to advantage, thoug
. Art crafts for amateurs . dlemarch was recom-mended to take up turning as a relaxation to his seriousand brain-wearing pursuit of discovering the key to all themythologies: wood carving would probably have suitedhim better as being more brainy than turning, withoutbeing too serious a strain upon the nerves. I assume that most of my readers are craftsmen, for it isnot the intention of this work to give preliminary instruc-tion so much as to direct their work, to suggest variousmethods of treating the material, how the amateur can bestutilise his energy, and turn his labour to advantage, thoughat the end of the chapter will be found a few hints useful tothose starting work for the first time. Above all I wish tohelp him to original efforts by essaying to show him hownature may be adapted to the requirements of each craft,to the end that all workers may be able to express their 16 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. individuality instead of being content to be copyists orreproducers of the work of other minds and hands. For. No. 7.—Sketch design for carved table-top in which the Vineis used as the motif. The work is kept entirely flat, theeffect being obtained chiefly by the grounding out, forbeyond the veining of the leaves, and the slight cutting awayof one form to give relief to another coming against it, theactual carving ends there. It would be possible to treat thisdesign as a carving in low relief. By planning the designgeometrically it matters not from which side it is seen. surely every one desires to be original, to express the ideaswhich are born in his brain—his ego, as it is termed. Butto originate ones own designs is for most amateurs the WOOD CARVING. 17 difficulty, and comparatively few attempt it because theyare not directed how to set about it; yet it is by no meanseasy to obtain designs. The few that are to be purchasedare too often quite unworthy the labour involved in carryingthem out, and it always seems to me a grievous waste oftime to merely employ t
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