. Art crafts for amateurs . e enamelling of the handle of a spoon, No. 57, wouldbe a simple work to essay, for here the design is given by themetal, and the only thing to think about is the coloursto use and the putting of them on. The ornamentalportions of the casket, No. 58, would also be simple toenamel, as here again the metal work gives the design. Inchampleve enamels spaces are cut out in a thick plate ofmetal, and these spaces filled in with powdered enamel, whichis then fired, and afterwards filed down even with the metaland then polished. If we roughen the surface of the metal, indent
. Art crafts for amateurs . e enamelling of the handle of a spoon, No. 57, wouldbe a simple work to essay, for here the design is given by themetal, and the only thing to think about is the coloursto use and the putting of them on. The ornamentalportions of the casket, No. 58, would also be simple toenamel, as here again the metal work gives the design. Inchampleve enamels spaces are cut out in a thick plate ofmetal, and these spaces filled in with powdered enamel, whichis then fired, and afterwards filed down even with the metaland then polished. If we roughen the surface of the metal, indent a patternin it, chase or repousse it, and then cover it with translucentcolour, the work we have done on the metal will materiallyaffect the enamels, and enamels used in this way may belooked upon as handmaids to metal work. ENAMELLING AND ENAMELLED JEWELLERY. 91 Much of the fine jewellery of the sixteenth century,unique specimens of which are in the Waddesdon room,are touched up with enamels, that is, they are employed to. No. 62.—Triptych, in Enamel and Bronze. Designed by Alex. Fisher. heighten the effect by adding colour to form. The tyro, intaking up such a craft as this, should make a careful studyof fine old work, not with an idea of doing anything like 92 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. it, but to catch the spirit of the work of the girdle, No. 59, could have the circular spaces ena-
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