. Art crafts for amateurs . s to be moresuitable to the process than dyed leather like morocco,though some workers stain portions of the design withliquid dyes. If this be done artistically, the effect isenhanced, as the natural surface of the leather is in no way impaired. MissBassett, in the bind-ings wrought underher direction atLeighton Buzzard,uses stains upon theleather, keeping thetint very pale, after-wards varnishing theleather with theproper am inclined to think that quite sufficient relief canbe obtained without the necessity of using wax at the Bassett produces s
. Art crafts for amateurs . s to be moresuitable to the process than dyed leather like morocco,though some workers stain portions of the design withliquid dyes. If this be done artistically, the effect isenhanced, as the natural surface of the leather is in no way impaired. MissBassett, in the bind-ings wrought underher direction atLeighton Buzzard,uses stains upon theleather, keeping thetint very pale, after-wards varnishing theleather with theproper am inclined to think that quite sufficient relief canbe obtained without the necessity of using wax at the Bassett produces some effective calf bindings withblind tooling { tooling without the use of gold), withsome parts of the design in low relief. For book covers itis undoubtedly a mistake to raise the design too highly, asthese portions would soon rub and become shabby. Those readers who have got their prentice hand in willhave no difficulty in trying experiments in new directions,suggested possibly by these notes; but to the beginner, it. No. -Chair Seat. To go with DesignNo. 71. BOOKBINDING AND LEATHER WORK. 107 would certainly be advisable to get a few lessons under apractical binder. Method is so much quicker acquired byseeing than by hearing, while the use of tools can alone beimparted by practical demonstration. With a basis ofknowledge it is easyto add fresh methodsto ones existingcraftsmanship. In speaking of thedesigns I haveschemed out to ac-company these hints,I may point out thatthey must be lookedupon as suggestivenotes or diagrams,and in no way asindicating the effectsto be obtained by theprocesses used. Onlyphotographs of actualwork can render, ineven a faint degree,the look of work inleather. Of course,I kept steadily beforemyself the method of production, and endeavoured in allcases to draw such effects as could be adequately ren-dered by the means employed. It is only by rememberinghow your effects are obtained, and the tools employedthe results, that one can design for
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