. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 116.—Bird in Fretwork. Thewhite lines are given by a gouge,but they can be omitted. 170 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. The carved fret could be glued down on to a panel of acabinet. It need not masquerade as a piece of pure carving,but could be frankly shown to be what it is—a fret laiddown upon a panel. I would even recommend the fretworkbeing cut out, say of light or white wood, and laid downon a dark one. Another use to which frets may be put is the ornamen-. No. ii.—Fish panel, with background of ornamental water. Themarkings on the fish are given with a carving t
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 116.—Bird in Fretwork. Thewhite lines are given by a gouge,but they can be omitted. 170 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. The carved fret could be glued down on to a panel of acabinet. It need not masquerade as a piece of pure carving,but could be frankly shown to be what it is—a fret laiddown upon a panel. I would even recommend the fretworkbeing cut out, say of light or white wood, and laid downon a dark one. Another use to which frets may be put is the ornamen-. No. ii.—Fish panel, with background of ornamental water. Themarkings on the fish are given with a carving tool. tation of a cabinet, as I have shown in No. 115. Theshelves are got out in the usual way and the cabinet puttogether ; though, of course, the two sides must be fret-cutbefore the article is fixed up. In the side indicated thepattern is formed, as will be seen, by the porlio7is cut away,whereas, in most other cases, it is by the portion left that thedesign is produced. The Japanese frequently adopt thisplan of cutting out the design itself, and it would be good FRETWORK.
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