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Title: Art crafts for amateurs
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Fred, decorative artist
Subjects: Decorative arts Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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arefullyas the ornamental details, and treated as ornament ratherihan bits from nature. A feature is made of animal formsin No. 90, and to add to the quaintness of the effectfungi are introduced as accessories. A good deal of variety may be obtained by using thegrain of the wood in various directions, for the same colourwill look quite different seen at different angles. Seaweed is full of ornamental suggestions, and thoughmany designers have used it with considerable effect, thisorder of the vegetable kingdom is too much neglected bythem. The panel, No. 89, would be very suitable forstained-wood decoration, as the background could befloated in, not evenly all over, but darker in some placesthan others. The sea-horses are very ornamental crea- INLA YING. •33 tures, and give variety and interest to the rest of thedesign. Figures have always been introduced into inlays, andwhen treated ornamentally rather than realistically addgreatly to the interest of a design. In some cases boxwood
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No. 91.—Ornamental Figure Panel of boy riding on a dragon-fly anddriving insects. This could be reproduced in stained decoration. or ivory have been the materials employed, and the detailshave been engraved on, and filled in with black. Of coursethis is an added difficulty, and should not be attempted bythe tyro unless he feels capable of doing this with somesuccess. In fact figures are best avoided unless they areadequately rendered, as if badly done they mar the whole 134 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. effect. They would present far fewer difficulties if repro-duced in stain, as the outlines and details can be put inwith a pen or fine brush. As regards the figures themselves,they should fit in with the general scheme of decoration,and really form part of the design. The French in theirdecorations in the last century were very successful inintroducing children or cupids into their designs, one reasonbeing that they are rendered with comparative ease as com-pared with figures of adults ;

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