. Art crafts for amateurs . re, though suggested, is hinted at in a very distant way,no direct reference to any one plant being made, as was thecase in No. 82. The border composed of highly ornamentalised fish, , would look effective in inlay, and should present nospecial difficulty in carrying out. In using animal formsfor such work nature must be very much simplified—merelythe generalised shape taken, no reference being made toany one fish. In the next design, No. 86, the animal formsare treated as ornaments, and are so arranged as to occupythe spaces. Beginners must fight against the t
. Art crafts for amateurs . re, though suggested, is hinted at in a very distant way,no direct reference to any one plant being made, as was thecase in No. 82. The border composed of highly ornamentalised fish, , would look effective in inlay, and should present nospecial difficulty in carrying out. In using animal formsfor such work nature must be very much simplified—merelythe generalised shape taken, no reference being made toany one fish. In the next design, No. 86, the animal formsare treated as ornaments, and are so arranged as to occupythe spaces. Beginners must fight against the tendency ofbeing too natural in their efforts to invent their ownpatterns. Think of all objects as shapes. If it be a bird,for instance, dont think of feathers and colour, but of thesimple facts of wings, head and beak, tail and feet, andforget all else. No 87 shows the treatment of a mirror or other foliage part of the scheme is more naturalesque thanseveral of the other designs, and is a simplified rendering of. 132 AR7 CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. the yellow flag. As regards the colouring, this need notbe. natural in the sense of having green leaves. You mightstrive for a harmony in yellows and browns, getting thenecessary relief by opposing a light colour against a darkerone. Stained woods can be purchased of veneer mer-chants, and if desirable a great variety of colour can beobtained in this way, but simple harmonies with the useof only a few woods are to be preferred to a more extendedpalette. No. 88 would do for a border at the edge of a roundtable. A distinct feature is made of the entwining harmony in reds and warm browns would be suitable asregards colouring, taking autumn foliage as a guide. The introduction of birds, frogs, lizards, insects, andanimals into inlays, gives a good deal of character to objects, as I have elsewhere hinted, must be no meretranscripts of nature, but they must be designed as carefullyas the ornamental details, and trea
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