. Art crafts for amateurs . ,in the chapters on Enamelling and Jewellery some simpleeffects are shown which might well engage the beginnersattention. The necklace on page 80, for instance, composedof small quatrefoils of beaten silver, about the size of a yellowbuttercup, would look very rich if each one were enamelled,perhaps a different colour, the pearl being replaced by ablob of enamel. The silver jewel by Mr. Frampton on page86, composed of a disc of silver about \\ inches indiameter, with a name in a light enamel on a dark ground,to which are attached small plain discs, about f-inch in 8
. Art crafts for amateurs . ,in the chapters on Enamelling and Jewellery some simpleeffects are shown which might well engage the beginnersattention. The necklace on page 80, for instance, composedof small quatrefoils of beaten silver, about the size of a yellowbuttercup, would look very rich if each one were enamelled,perhaps a different colour, the pearl being replaced by ablob of enamel. The silver jewel by Mr. Frampton on page86, composed of a disc of silver about \\ inches indiameter, with a name in a light enamel on a dark ground,to which are attached small plain discs, about f-inch in 8(3 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. diameter, enamelled in various colours, made an unique andbeautiful personal ornament, and was simplicity itself. The same enamel on copper, silver, and gold, will have adifferent effect on each metal, owing to the colour of themetal showing through the enamels, and in elaborateschemes, such as those of Mr. Fishers, which are on copper,small pieces of silver and gold foil are placed under certain. No. 59.—Girdle in Repousse Steel and by Alex. Fisher. very transparent enamels to produce a gem-like effect. Inthe necklace above referred to the pearl in the originalmight be replaced by a small disc of silver if the quatrefoilsare copper, or of gold if of silver. The enamel bindsthese pieces of added metal to the parent. Those who have painted china or pottery know that somecolours do not assume their proper tint until fired, and this ENAMELLING AND ENAMELLED JEWELLERY. 87 is the case with enamels, a dull yellow brown, for instance,firing a lovely turquoise. The beginner should not burdenhimself with many enamels, for much may be done withsome six or eight colours. One enamel can be painted overanother, and the tyro should certainly let his first efforts be ofthe nature of experiments, learning his way about, as it were. Enamels, like water colours, may be classed as thosewhich are opaque, those which are semi-opaque, and thetransparent
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