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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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No. 172.—Decorative Panel, by Mr. H. C. Brewer. over the design with a needle upon a piece of flannel, andit is better to do this on the reverse side ; so make yourdesign on tracing paper. The needle holes should be fairlyclose together, like the perforation on postage stamps.Some crushed charcoal or powdered chalk put up in finemuslin and rubbed over the pricked pattern or pounce willleave an impression behind it which can be outlined with a DECORATIVE PAINTING. 239 fine brush to fix it, unless you can work it straight awayin colour, for, of course, the powder easily dusts off. Thismethod of pouncing is the one always employed by
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No. 173.—Portrait oi Hans Thoma, in decorated frame. decorators where the repetition of a pattern is necessary.These tips may seem very obvious and trite to manyreaders, but I remember the time when I would have given 240 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. a good deal to have known of them. It is for the want ofthis kind of knowledge that amateurs bungle so sadly. The introduction of gold and platinum in a decorativescheme is often very helpful, and with a little practiceamateurs can do this well enough to pass muster. Ordinarygilding is done by covering the surface to be gilded withgold size, which can be had at a decorators. This isusually put on the day before the gold is applied, as thesize must be nearly dry before it is ready for the gold-leaf.This should be taken up by a tip, and gilders turn outthe sheets of gold-leaf on to a leather pad, which has card-board sides to keep the gold-leaf from blowing away Someamount of gold will doubtless be wasted at first, until youget used to handli

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