Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-05
LATEST IN ADJUSTMENTS
Drawing by Fire Will Be Poput
lar This Winter.
PICTURES MADE WITH HOT wIREs

Fad, and 1t Will he a Featnr. ~
Evening Entertainment - How "
| Is Done-Not Necessary to he M
Artist.
| Fire drawing promises to be one os
| the most popular diversions during the
coming winter. Society is making ii 3
fad. says the New York World. and it
| is not improbable that it may share the
| honor which has been mOnopoliZed by
bridge whist and euchre at evening oz-
| tertainments. Technically the art IL
called "pyrography:" 1t consists in
| making engravings with hot platinum
| wires Oh thin sheets Of leather or oi
prepared woods.
a topographic outfit consists of Z
| number of fine platinum needles Of va
| rying shapes and sizes used for pen
Cling" "chiseling," ''toning," ''sbad-
| ing and other objects Of the new arr
The needles are held in hollow holders,
| which act as tiny draft furnaces IT,
keep the metal points hot by means OF
flow of naphtha or common iIlums
mating gas.
The. point of the needle is heated IL
| white heat before the drawing Is con,e
menced. AS every touch Of the needle
| to the drawing surface burns an indeii-
| BILE mark the artist has to be extremely
| careful in his work Pra ctically fire
drawing is engraving with hot wires OK
soft material instead of with the ortih
nary stylus employed in the engraving
| art on metal.
Most first drawings are made on So
| lected sheets of silver poplar, bass.
| birch and other fine woods. Some o
| the drawings are however, done oK
| very thin layers of soft pine, while 9th
ers are executed on especially treatet
| leather
The topographic sheets are made un
| into a variety CT shapes to suit tbs
| fancy of the artist You may obtain
| from the dealers wood and leather
| gloves, handkerchiefs. cuffs, work
boxes, baskets, matchholders, Carl
| trays, every species of bric-a-Drlc
| which lends itself to fire drawing deco
ration. There are even topographic en-
velopes and note paper.
Though the topographic art has
reached an elaborate development, its
beginnings We're of extremely bnrnbAs
origin. Years ago few ingenious per
sons were wont to make drawings OF
wood by means of hot pokers. Necessar
rily these designs We're crude and dig
not lend themselves very we'll to deco
rative purposes. In some Of the muse
ums in this country are to be foune
curious specimens Of these early polies
attempts. Two Of the largest drawings
are in Philadelphia. They hang in ID
dependence hall One represents ! d!
liam Penn making treaty with an ln
dian chief, the other gives fairly acch
rate picture Of the signing Of the Dee
laration Of Independence.
So extensively Is typography coming
into vogue that several decorating 81
Establishments are offering to cover tbs
walls Of houses with drawing material
and to execute pyrOgraphic drawings
on these surfaces In Boston there are
already a number Of houses in whirf
Typography rooms have been intro
duced.
AZ CcTtuiu Vi Tue NOlucu , NuIlrstI-
wall areas are covered with pyrn-
graphic surfaces, and visiting friends
are expected to write their names in
fire as souvenirs.
Books are covered with Photographic
leather and wood and decorated 10 Sn}S
the fancy of the owners with LIN
drawings. The backs of combs nDd
other toilet articles, workboXes arl
baskets, picture frames, poclictboo&l
cardcasts, tobacco Jars, pOcketAio'l-,
music portfolios are decorated in tia
fashion.
Even lack of knowledge need not nc4>
essarily stand in the way of the alno}
tious amateur, for lie can obtain draw
ing surfaces on which are stamped
faint outlines Of all sorts of subjecra
All he VIII have to do in this case il IN
"follow copy"
In this way persons with no drawing
ability may produce marvellous resui{s
and even achieve a reputation as skill
full free hand artists. This method is,
however, looked down upon by those
who go in for the real thing" In tih
new art
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