. Art crafts for amateurs . 159 to produce it. No. 158. have to be stencilled after the butterflies have been stencilled,so that to effect this design, No. 154, it would necessitate threeoperations: first the butterflies, second the background, STENCILLING. 217 third the sprigsand pattern on butterflies. Of course, differentcolours could be used in each operation so that we couldobtain considerable variety of colour by having two stencil plates to produce thecomplete effect. In continuous pat-terns we need some-thing to guide us asto the placing of thestencils so that theyfollow on at equaldis
. Art crafts for amateurs . 159 to produce it. No. 158. have to be stencilled after the butterflies have been stencilled,so that to effect this design, No. 154, it would necessitate threeoperations: first the butterflies, second the background, STENCILLING. 217 third the sprigsand pattern on butterflies. Of course, differentcolours could be used in each operation so that we couldobtain considerable variety of colour by having two stencil plates to produce thecomplete effect. In continuous pat-terns we need some-thing to guide us asto the placing of thestencils so that theyfollow on at equaldistances. To thisend cut just a smallportion of the repeat,say the flower andsome of the leaves ofthe sprig to the leftof the placing this overthe impression juststencilled you can fitthe plate exactlyevery time it has tobe shifted. In thecase of the butter-flies either the bodyor a corner of thewing would act as aguide for placing theplate. This appliesequally where two or. 2l8 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. more plates are required to produce a pattern. You mustcut in each plate some two or more forms to act as guidesin placing the stencils; thus in No. t6o the centre of theflowers and the eye of the fish act as guides in placing thestencil-plates. Other variations of the stencil are shown in Nos. 155 and156, for not only is the sprig omitted, but in one case thepattern is on a white ground and in the other on a dark a little dodging several variations of a pattern may beobtained. The feather border, No. 157, is the result of the com-bination of the plates 158 and 159. With skill and care quite elaborate patterns can be pro-duced by stencilling, and many colours may be any form can be cut as a stencil, the human figureitself not excepted, though it is a question whether it is notputting a somewhat severe strain upon stencil-cutting to treatthe h uman form as a stencil -plate. But birds, fish, and insectsare very effective if appropria
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