The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-08

are divided into four classes. zach OF
which involves a different process of pro-
duction- They may be called those with
a wire foundation. those with a wire de-
sign. the Miniatures and the wholly wire
less.
In one case is seen two large vases. a
pair, each easily -four feet in height. These
are of the wholly wireless. The deliberately
done designs pon hem are painted upon
the metal body Of the vase. The greater
surfaces show TO better advantage the
transparency clear coloring OF the creamy
;ints. and give better display 10 the paint
ing than IS possible with the smaller
vases
The objects characterized by the wire
foundation display in s~uperlative degree
the persistent effort which a japanese will
expend upon one ornament Many wire
strands either OF gold or silver are careful
ly arranged side by side-thousands Of
them.
Upon this as a base will be wrought the
special designs. and ove all Is the abso-
luteE Transparent enamel Frequently.
the various expedients for Identifying
viii be expended upon one piece. A sec
ton will be lone in the wiring. another
SO "AA eI NOnE~ N2A III @-NS A~
silver body Of the vase. and so on
Near the cloisonne exhibit is a metal
representation OF a lion and lioness- Each
the size OF a large dog. and the pair be-
ing shown resting together in a strikingly
natural manner your impression at once
Is that the piece is nodded from a clay
model. done In the original by the method
usually known TO the sculptor. Not SO.
That lion and Iioness are shaped from a
nero thin sheet OF malleable iron. and
the artists sole instrument was a hammer.
Here. again. months Of b are in
volved- This hammer sculptor absolutely
reversed the usual order. II is as j. he
considered his lion turned inside but. By
def use of his hammer he shaped the
forms from the inside Then. as the gener-
al modelling was developed. he turned his
attention to the detail. working both from
the outside and inside. dinting his iron
carefully as he came to the representa-
ton of the more delicate parts of the
work-the head. the exact anatomy.
It may be said that lions dom in 4 man
ner requiring mue less of labor and of
time would serve the artistic purpose just
as we'll A faithful bronze of the king of
beasts can be made from the model OF
clay n prepared by a Western artist
whose skin is, sufficient But this fact
does not diminish anything of the marvel
Gus quality which belongs to tina hon
made with . hammer from sheet iron.
TIL art OF kammering Is carried into
some examples Of h clofsonne. Upon a
few of the latter objects appear raised
designs OF leaves or flowers The outlines
are first traced Upon the outer surface of
the vase or ornamental receptacle, and
the raised form then Is secued by ham
mering by hand from the inside. II # be
a lesf which is pictured. the every slight
curve Of it is obtxined by the delScate use
of the mere tool OF carpentry. The effect
Of the stem and OF the fne raceries in
leaves is secured by means Of silver or
gold wires which are introduced Then the
true coloring il painted in. and. finally,
the lacquering Is put on over the whole.
Yes. tho laps are q wonderful people.
and. at peace or at war. 1t the Worlds
Fair or at home. they have been written
about over and over again. But, some
how, always there is something more to
be said II It Is not q vase, 1t Is a fan:
and If not . fan. II is the silk; and II
neither. 1t Is the Quaint ways and sharp
c~leverness OF the nervous little Japs We
meet