The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
MIRACLES IN MARBLE
THEY MAY BE WROUGHT, sAYA
JOHN HAYNES, ny NOTICES.

A stamford Huventor Announces That
ue Has Found n WAY OF Scuipturina
without Msiiet or Chisei, hut simpiy
by LiEht-Chiidreu, He snys. Tan DO It
John Baynes, an inventor OF Stamford. Conn,
IL preaching the gospel of the emanclpation OF
twentieth century art. lie directs attention to
the fact that progress In the fine arts has not
kept pace with advancement in the mechanical
building arts. lie Gays that tho reason for thf
is that man has been content In the arts to con.
1ne himselfto the simplest tools. the hammer
and the chisel, while In mechanics he has called
TO his aid tue forces OF steam and electricity.
For sixteen years Mr.. Baynes mas endeavored
TO reduce to economical simplicity the arts that
require the most expensive material and the
highest degree OF skilled labor. These arts Id
says, are engraving, modelling under which he
Classics all forms of sculpture and carving
and die sinking. He has invented methods ~
cutting. displncing. and forming hard materih
in exact imitation Of any required design. Win
the hammer and the chise. Mr.. Baynes. says,
all the artists in the world would not have time
to decorate all the buildings IN the world. Mr..
Baynes maintains that he uses as his tools the
forces OF nature, notably light. and that with
them there is no limit to the amount OF ma
terlal that can be ornamented. He Is not yet
ready to disclose the secret OF his methods. az
he Is stu engaged In securing patents in all
countries In which patent protection Is given.
but he has more than fifty processes. lie says,
for the cuttng and displacinp OF material By
means ct natural forces.
II can now say" he said n few dnys ago.
that any design which the brain OF man can
metnods be i"e.ed in wooa or meta, S or stone 81
glass without the use OF skilled labor. BY my
pr cess. all these materials can be cut through
and perforated In an Infinitely more elaborate
manner than has ever been accomplished even
In the old Hlndoo temples. and the hand offs
Here is n picture Of the famous marble
screen in the temple at Tai Mahsl in India.
though 1t looks elaborate, 1t Is not at all difiI
cult You car easily divide It into four parts,
n SaeS in each pa sn' ow Sas Is
sign. also nm Eastern one. IL Is much more sub.
is not a straight line In The whole thing. Those
curves have life In them. snid that the screen
was an Eastern pattern. Well so u Is, but IL
and by two unskiled little Yankee girls. I
could In an hour teach any one how to make
skilled laborer could perforate that design into
pattern OF conventionallz,d tulip forms that
at is perforated silver" he said. and was
made by unsklled labor. eau make II ss bne
Of il ia as easily As can make an inch. imasins
trying to get such piece OF work done at any sill
yeTsmi,h,s! Ihink what AN an amount M OF time
TIE meta would b.
could do such work. In fact, no man on earth
could do 1t by any ordinary method"
Asan example Of what could he done in IN.
| cision by his methods, MIR. Bayne- showed n pic.
ture OF bronze tablet designed for hall at
Princeton College. Every letter. every stroke.
| skilled labor. Ordinarily such a tablet would
| have been cast in ono Of two ways. Either it
| eller would have made the i-tiefs OF the right
size ana employed tho proper SPACING. or 10
"a hnka lat a. n q n
| and shape to produce the most artistic effect.
Mr., haynes also, produces things By casting a,
well as incision. but then he uses his own model
and methods
~ have perfected my methods Of incision to
now no part Of a room that cannot supply
easily and inexpensively with the most artis.
marble or metal of any description and inlay u
| In material Of another kind. thus designing
can Introduce glass embeiished with scrolls
| and forms that could never be cut by diamond.
silver Of sad
gold embroderis:; ] can introduce mosaics
| reproductions in marble and glass Of tho best
| pictures. can make the lamps and chandeliers
can encase the electric lights in perforated
metal work. and add to that new com hinations
/ can decorate the fireplace with beautiful
LEGENDS and adorn II with pictures: can inlay
can make doors that are reproductions OF
mosque doors in Cairo. and that swing on
All this Is not to be in the hands OF the rich
alone. for. by my methods " can be produced
msih%ds viii yu nd" cnuss sreat cha%ses
In our surroundings. for, when yon bring an art
into entirely new conditions fields are sp. 20
| open up for II that no one ever dreamed Of Tho
| invention creates the want"
The natural force which Mr.. Baynes believes
| IL going to do more than any other to take tho
place ~ the hammer and the chisel Is light.
baGuerre discovered what n cunning artist 10
pictures than any painter ever painted. Sir.
Baynes says he has gone step further and has
sketch artist. but a sculptor, TOO. He has In.
vented process which he calls photo
ii am able" he said. ito make an announces
nlent to-day that | never expected to live TO
make. From experiments completed within ne
by means OF light, n human face in full relief
as large as life, or to make statue or figure Of
model original ideal work BY IssaIs Of iisht.
! can model your face By light and deliver y Ia
been cast in mould or struck on a. a medal.
simply common sense, aided bv orddinary
ton Of this process. Any one can zee that i ghs
is a great modsller. Il modelled everything
"a Il. "a'is 'nS sa,
prod uct Of light. He and the earth he lives on
are but photographs. Light made all history.
to get light 10 model for me. and succeeded.
Lately Mr. bnyne' has .srnsa lbs az sss ,s
photo. modrllinr TO the point where il was nee
essary Ia multiply his models. Almost by acci-
dent he made the acquaintance of die
sinker, George +. Champney Of Bridgeport,
Conn. He IL greater man than Bernard
| Palissy. the potter" said Mr., Baynes, yet he
is not known two blocks from whore he lives"
Ii Ia twenty wears since Mr.. Champney found
out how to make. with the simpled and rudest
| OF tools, any die for purpose. from the
heaviest forging die to the finest coming die, In
one instant He can make perfect die at one
| blow by dropping n big hammer hfty feet into
block Of hot steel. lie can even take q sof,
plaster cast and from II male a perfect die In
steel, He was abroad twelve years. employ ed
"A large part Of the time by the Russian mint
where he made dies that gave 10, 600 to 10000
Impressions while dies made by ordinary meth
obs yielded only q. 200 impressions. Mr. Bayne:
and Mr. Champnry have lust entered into
contract TO work together FOR IL certain period
There IN no resting place now" said Mr.
Baynes, for preachers OF the gospel OF Never.
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