. Art crafts for amateurs . 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
. Art crafts for amateurs . 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 the. No. 73.—Design for Chair with leatherback and seat. See Figs. 71 and72 for the details. 108 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. craft. The designs I have drawn may be looked uponas experiments which in the carrying out would need to bemodified or altered. As I have said elsewhere, a designshould really grow under the fingers, and it can never bewholly realised on paper, nor should the craftsman be toomuch tied and bound by his diagram. No. 77 is a designfor a wallet to hang on a wall to contain papers, with aplace for calendar. The decoration could be tooled andembossed or incised and embossed, but the beating up ofcertain forms like the tulip flower is essential in such adesign if the full effect is to be obtained. These flowerforms might be further accentuated by being tinted withdyes. The dark parts around the edge of the wallet mightbe punched with stars. The making of the wallet itselfwould present no difficulty to one used to working inleather. It should have a backing of good hard m
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