. Art crafts for amateurs . pallsupon one is that in which all is suave, genteel, decorous ;where nature is suggested as successfully as in a waxen effigy. In the illustrations I have drawn, it has been my endea-vour to give variety of sub-ject as well as of treatment,beginning with flat work,as in No. 7, suitable for atable top, which wouldpractise one in groundingout, going on to the twobrackets Nos. 12 and are in relief, thoughnot in very high relief, andthen the mantelpiece , where the work is stillin low relief. The shelf in1 his design is intended tobe supported by two pro-
. Art crafts for amateurs . pallsupon one is that in which all is suave, genteel, decorous ;where nature is suggested as successfully as in a waxen effigy. In the illustrations I have drawn, it has been my endea-vour to give variety of sub-ject as well as of treatment,beginning with flat work,as in No. 7, suitable for atable top, which wouldpractise one in groundingout, going on to the twobrackets Nos. 12 and are in relief, thoughnot in very high relief, andthen the mantelpiece , where the work is stillin low relief. The shelf in1 his design is intended tobe supported by two pro-jecting brackets at eitherend, and these would otcourse be carved out of twodistinct blocks of wood,shaped for the stem of the tree in ■each pilaster supports these brackets, which are carvedwith leaves, and behind^I have indicated a bird nesting—a conceit, though a natural one. The smaller treesunder the shelf could also project further than the flowersbetween them to help support the shelf. The roots are D. No. 20. — Design for carvedBellows Front in high the head refer to No. 15. 34 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. developed, as will be noticed, into an ornamental is nothing in the arrangement of this design that should be beyond the scope ofan amateur, for of invention,, something evolved by apure effort of the imagination Tthere is but little. Whatornamental features there areis due to dividing up thespaces to be treated intopanels, and developing suchparts of the plant as the roots,emphasising any ornamentalsuggestiveness that naturehints at. A free treatment offoliage, as in the uprightpanel and the dividing trees,is always effective in carving^and a shrub like the Portugallaurel could be taken as thetype, while such well-knownflowers as the Tulip, Narcissus^and Iris are used to fill in thespaces at top, these beingtreated somewhat more natu-rally to contrast with theseverer character of the trees dividing the space intopanels, no d
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