. Art crafts for amateurs . nhaving the dish circular, but I fancy the effect would berich—at least, I see no objection to such a treatment, onpaper. If the edges were cut as suggested in the design, itwould be well to hammer the edges so as to curve over, andthus avoid the sharp edge of the metal being seen. In beating out a bowl from the flat considerable skill isnecessary, quite apart from that required in beating out thepattern on it. At the County Council School in RegentStreet a test of skill is to beat out what is known as atomato-shaped bowl. Such a bowl as that in No. 40 wouldhave to
. Art crafts for amateurs . nhaving the dish circular, but I fancy the effect would berich—at least, I see no objection to such a treatment, onpaper. If the edges were cut as suggested in the design, itwould be well to hammer the edges so as to curve over, andthus avoid the sharp edge of the metal being seen. In beating out a bowl from the flat considerable skill isnecessary, quite apart from that required in beating out thepattern on it. At the County Council School in RegentStreet a test of skill is to beat out what is known as atomato-shaped bowl. Such a bowl as that in No. 40 wouldhave to be wrought in two pieces, the bowl proper in one,and the foot or stand in another, and then brazed together. 64 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. The tulip (the ragged variety) is the plant used, and naturehas only been modified, not departed from. Skill and in-genuity can be shown in a design by the way a leaf can bemade to wrap around or go at the back of another, and sobind the whole design together, and give it unity, which is. No. 43.—Original Design for Plaque, representing boy carries aloft a torch of stars and is riding upon an owl. strength in design as well as civil life. The foreshorteningof forms can only be suggested, and a certain simplicitymust be preserved so as to avoid crowding and a few well-defined forms and give prominence to parts BEATEN METAL WORK OR REPOUSSE. 65 of the design, leaving others almost to lose introduction of the frog and snail may be objected toby some. I am not sure that Mr. Gilbert Marks would
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