. Art crafts for amateurs . mbination,the craftsman has great resources at command, and a veryvaried class of effects are within his reach. I should haveno hesitation in using all three in the same piece of work,so long as you keep within your means and make noattempt at imitating one kind of work in another material one works in should be highly prized and theutmost value given to it, else what is the use of working inleather if, when our work is finished, all trace of leather belost ? I imagine one uses leather as one does othermaterials, because if rightly used it will yield a ce
. Art crafts for amateurs . mbination,the craftsman has great resources at command, and a veryvaried class of effects are within his reach. I should haveno hesitation in using all three in the same piece of work,so long as you keep within your means and make noattempt at imitating one kind of work in another material one works in should be highly prized and theutmost value given to it, else what is the use of working inleather if, when our work is finished, all trace of leather belost ? I imagine one uses leather as one does othermaterials, because if rightly used it will yield a certain classof effects such as nothing else will give us. It was thisconsideration that made me advocate the employment ofdyes with transparent colours in tinting leather, so thateven here the surface of the leather shall not be obliterated,but made to yield its quota to the finished result. Coloured leather work should always be well varnishedwhen finished. CHAPTER VII. Inlaying in Coloured Woods and T the exhibitions held in the Albert Hallof the work executed under the stimulusof the Home Arts Association are to beseen some clever and original designscarried out in coloured wood inlays,showing that those responsible for thetreatment had stepped out of the groove, and by thusbreaking away from tradition had obtained some novel andstriking effects. I shall in the space at my disposal take abrief survey of the craft of the inlayer and marquetrycutter, and by directing the readers attention to some ofthe methods that may be followed, open up to him freshpossibilities, and, I hope, start his mind on a new track. An important consideration in studying any branch ofwork is to approach it with an open mind. In Gilberts Trial by Jury, the judges refrain is from bias free ofevery kind ; and the designer can with advantage takethis charge to heart, for the first thing one has to do in u8 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. making an original effort is to forget, or banish
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