. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 136.— Screen in Silk showing u?e of by Herr Ubbelohde. to support it can be made to yield the most excellentresults. 92 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. Animal forms come well in applique, and in Nos. 128, 129and 130 some suggestions are given. Do not be afraid ofbeing too severe in designing such motifs, for appliques are 1293:. No. 137.—Intwining Animal Grotesques. From the Durrow bible,8th Century. Adapted for needlework. much more effective when no attempt is made to lose sight ofthe fact that they are cut out and applied, than where an effortis ma
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 136.— Screen in Silk showing u?e of by Herr Ubbelohde. to support it can be made to yield the most excellentresults. 92 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. Animal forms come well in applique, and in Nos. 128, 129and 130 some suggestions are given. Do not be afraid ofbeing too severe in designing such motifs, for appliques are 1293:. No. 137.—Intwining Animal Grotesques. From the Durrow bible,8th Century. Adapted for needlework. much more effective when no attempt is made to lose sight ofthe fact that they are cut out and applied, than where an effortis made to lose the hard edge. All tendency to be natural-istic should be strenuously resisted. The birds in No. T29 are rudimentary in drawing, and thisis what you want to obtain in appliques: all that isadventitious is left out and only those features common tothe type retained. They are birds in the act of flight, andthat is all that is said, but this is said unmistakably. Fishbeing naturally quaint in form lend themselves better thananimals to this treatment, as may be seen in No. 130. Insects can be very effectively used, especially if they arecut out of richly-coloured figured and dyed fabrics, as issuggested in No. 131. In the upper half of this design theappliques are shown on a dark ground which might be workedwith lines of silk as hinted at, suggestive of
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