. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 40.—Design for Repousse Bowl, with a decorative rendering ofthe Ragged Tulip. The frog and snail are introduced to givevariety to the design. The base to have a border of butterfliesornamentally treated. space to be covered. This class of design would appear tome to be more within the scope of the amateur, as thematerial can be found in museums and books on naturalhistory and botany, while considerable scope is left for theindividual to express himself. On the other hand, the work 6o ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. known as Renaissance does not leave one much libertyof
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 40.—Design for Repousse Bowl, with a decorative rendering ofthe Ragged Tulip. The frog and snail are introduced to givevariety to the design. The base to have a border of butterfliesornamentally treated. space to be covered. This class of design would appear tome to be more within the scope of the amateur, as thematerial can be found in museums and books on naturalhistory and botany, while considerable scope is left for theindividual to express himself. On the other hand, the work 6o ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. known as Renaissance does not leave one much libertyof action. It is a mine that has been very thoroughlyworked in the past, and, for myself, I feel so trammelledand bounded by precedent that my volition almost desertsme. It is like attempting to breathe the air of a hot orchid. ^No. 41.—Bowl in beaten Silver with naturalesque design of Daffodils,by Mr. Gilbert Marks. house; I prefer the more bracing air outside. Thisconstant working upon past models, without reference tonature, ends in such art as we contemptuously term earlyVictorian. This inspiration by precedent seems to leadto utter stagnation; then is the time to go to the well- BEATEN METALWORK OR REPOUSSE. 61 spring of all art, Nature, for refreshment. Coming back tothe design No. 35, it will be seen that the forms used arevery familiar ones, the sea-horse (an animal made for theornamentalist), the gurnard, a fish which nature hasornamentalised for one, and the seaweed with hollowvessels to keep the weed afloat. Such a plant is obviouslyadapted to the needs of the craft, and to make it growingout of a shell is a perfectly natural conceit, as well as givinganother object of interest to the panel. It is hardlynecessary to say that the seaweed should be kept in verylow relief—barely seen in those par
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