. Art crafts for amateurs . d there is nothing I conceive that could not adequatelybe rendered in poker work. In a friends house I have seen a table, some low chairs,and a hanging cabinet all decorated by his sister in pokerwork, and being done with judgment and taste the effect onthe dark oak was quite admirable. Until seeing theseexamples I did not realise what could be done with apyrometer. In all cases the designs were simple, flatrenderings of plant form, the white lily in one case, with thebackground burnt away: no great difficulties were attempted,no complicated pieces of foreshortening
. Art crafts for amateurs . d there is nothing I conceive that could not adequatelybe rendered in poker work. In a friends house I have seen a table, some low chairs,and a hanging cabinet all decorated by his sister in pokerwork, and being done with judgment and taste the effect onthe dark oak was quite admirable. Until seeing theseexamples I did not realise what could be done with apyrometer. In all cases the designs were simple, flatrenderings of plant form, the white lily in one case, with thebackground burnt away: no great difficulties were attempted,no complicated pieces of foreshortening, but what was donewas quite craftsmanlike, and therefore satisfying. By a poker one naturally means a properly-contrivedapparatus in which the point is kept heated by spirit. Theyare sometimes known as Pyrometers, and can be purchasedfrom 12s. to 18s. Heating an iron rod in the fire is tooprimitive an arrangement for any satisfactory results to beobtained. Unless one is very certain of ones touch, and can trust POKER No. 167.—Sketch of Panel in Princes Restaurant, designed byMr. H. C. Brewer 228 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. oneself to work spontaneously, it is advisable to make thedesign to be wrought on paper, and in doing this bear in mindthat the pyrometer is not a pen, and that to attempt to getthe effect of cross hatching or minute work of this nature isoutside the scope of the craft. Let the forms be well definedand not too minute or complicated, and let there be plentyof spaces left almost plain. It is a great mistake to coverevery part of the wood with work, for you do not obtainrelief where all parts of the surface are similarly doing leaves, for instance, go for their characteristicshapes, but avoid putting much veining or other them and so lose breadth. The midrib and one or twoother important traits may be indicated, but do not be afraidof leaving plain spaces. In the same way do not be afraidof lumps of black, that is, those portions wh
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