The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-04

If wood is used, it is better to have a
close grained piece free of knots, such as
! sycamore, pear, lime or holly, the whittier
the better. Sycamore and holly are con-
sidered the best, but they are in many
/ localities rather expensive. Wood is
used for decorative panels for the walls,
for panels and borders for all kinds of
furniture and for pictures. The back
ground of the picture and the frame are
frequently of different kinds of wood.
As often, however, tha SANG wood is
used and the picture extended to the
edge of the frame.
Leather is used for portfolios, bIotters,
photograph holders, lamp mats, pillow
rolls, cushions, ETC., etc. The leather
should be stiff and heavy. and the arti-
Gle, whenever possible, trimmed with
thongs of lighter and different cOlored
leather.
The work is very simple: one merely
draws with a piatina pencil, or, rather,
pointed tool, which must be kept at a
regular heat, Just as if any other draw
ing were being done with ordinary ma
terialS. Probably the worker will at
first be rather taken back at the broad,
round end of the pencil, and feel sure
that nothing can be done with it, but she
will soon be quite surprised at the fine
lines that can be made by using it side
ways, and as soon as she has learned to
regulate the heat of the same.
A great deal may be done with the or
binary kitchen poker, which should be
short and light in the handle; but it re-
quires a considerable amount of practice,
owing to its length and weight, TO man
age this with deXterity. In addition to
the poker, six other tools will be found
convenient; these any ironmOnger can
easily make. The irons are twelve inches
long, allowing two inches to be sunk into
an octagonal wooden handle three and a
half inches long, making total length
thirteen and half inches.
Two small pokers may be made like A,
one II inches in circumference, the other
II inches. Four crooked ike B are
useful: they are similar to a boys iron
hoop stick, only the top must not be
taken round, and where the curve begins
the iron should be fat. The crook should
decrease in width and thickness at the
end. according to the size. The six
should be as follows: No. l, small poker,
II inches in circumference; No. 2, small
poker, Il inches in circumference; No.
8, bent iron stick. the crook being /
inch wide and { inch thick; No. 4, crook
/ inch wide, inch thick; No. ., crook
4 inch wide, inch thick; No. 6, inch
wide and inch thick.
The outline is sketched first in char
coal, then fiicked off so as to leave only
a faint mark; if drawing Is difficulty
the design may be traced by means of
transfer paper, pressing lightly over the
outline with fine point. Some Of the
surface of the carbon paper should be
rubbed off with cotton wool before 1t is
applied. and to the wood or leather. This
is to avoid leaving too much of line in
the delicate parts. such as the nostrils,
eyes, etc, where the shading is light.
The designs should be rough and bold.
Heads of old men and women and ami
mails are the most effective. Beginners
will find that she conventionally treated
dragons on the lamp mat design are not
difficult, while the head OF tiger, lion
or cat is also good study with which
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