. Art crafts for amateurs . tmay be left, and this the acid will soon enlarge. If you findthe acid attacking any part you do not wish acided, pour itoff into the bottle, wash well with warm water, and whendry touch in the places with black. In cold weather theaction of the acid is quickened by warming the metal. Asfor the length of time the acid must remain on, nothing very 52 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. definite can be said. When the acid is new it works quickerthan if it had been used before. From a-quarter to half- an-hour wouldproduce a verydecided surfacegivenby the acid is abroke
. Art crafts for amateurs . tmay be left, and this the acid will soon enlarge. If you findthe acid attacking any part you do not wish acided, pour itoff into the bottle, wash well with warm water, and whendry touch in the places with black. In cold weather theaction of the acid is quickened by warming the metal. Asfor the length of time the acid must remain on, nothing very 52 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. definite can be said. When the acid is new it works quickerthan if it had been used before. From a-quarter to half- an-hour wouldproduce a verydecided surfacegivenby the acid is abroken one, butnot unpleasant. Nos. 26 and27 might belargely wroughtby aciding awaythe the seconddesign the wholeof the back-ground could beremoved to acertain depth bythe acid, andthen the surfacecovered withstopping-out var-nish—such as issold by for etchers—and the spider-web marked outon this ground with a sharp instrument and further frog, chameleon, and insects could then be beaten up. No. 34.—Heraldic Dragon, suggested by theSixteenth-century Renaissance, in whichthe blending of animal or human formwith ornament is often met with. BEATEN METALWORK OR REPOUSSE. 53 and wrought in repousse,as could the foliage,though I should say itwould do] merely tohammer an outlineround the edges, leavingthe foliage just in therelief obtained by theacid ■ but these andother considerationsmust be thought out bythe worker for himself. In No. 26 either thebasket-work backgroundcould be eaten in, andthen the design beatenup — particularly theflowers at the corners—or the whole of the back-ground could be eatenaway and then the workcovered with stopping-out varnish, the basket-work scratched away onthis and bitten in. No. 35.—Original Design fora Panel fur Side of Fire-place or other purpose,treated with a decorativerendering of sea-weed,sea-horses, fish and wavy lines in back-ground can be punchedin, bitten in with acid, oromitted.
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