Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
Some pure lovers of art discard the formula, _Art for Progress, the Beautiful Useful_, fearing lest the useful should deform the beautiful. They tremble to see the drudge's hand attached to the muse's arm. They are solicitous for the sublime if it descends as far as to humanit...
The table with which this problem deals was found in an old furniture shop among a large number of pieces probably of equal antiquity but of poor design; for all old furniture w...
8. Part 8_The Design._--The problem of design was to plan a simple, inexpensive bookcase which could be easily transported and set up in a student's room and which would hold approximate...
13. Part 13_The Design._--Curtains of one colour or of several are woven on the simple loom with two harnesses. They may be of the soft cream tint, the material for which is easily obtaine...
16. Part 16The next step is to tool down the design; and in doing this the work should be turned under the tool rather than the tool itself on the work, in order that the pressure of the t...
10. Part 10_The Wire Form._--Concrete cement cannot be modelled like clay. In its formative state it is too soft for such manipulation. It must be supported in some way while it is being w...
9. Part 9_Materials and Tools._--The mission type of furniture, to which this design belongs, suggests oak as the fitting wood. The stock for the top, the dimensions of which are to be 7...
4. Part 4_The Danger of Overcrowding._--Finally, the one great danger to be avoided in meeting the requirements of good arrangement is the temptation to overcrowding. Many otherwise exce...
15. Part 15Black oxide of cobalt Blue Black oxide of copper Blue green Green oxide of chromium Yellow green White oxide of antimony Lemon yellow Red oxide of iron Yellowish brown Green oxi...
14. Part 14Most beginners in clay modelling will expect, perhaps in the early stages of their work, to be made acquainted with the potter's wheel; for who has not heard of this interesting...
11. Part 11_Number of Coats Needed._--The number of coats of varnish required vary with the character of the work. What is known as piano finish requires from three to seven under coats of...
6. Part 6_Materials._--Linen, cotton, soisette, all or part silk pongee, crêpe de chine, cheese cloth, and unbleached muslin are excellent materials for block printing. Beautiful backgro...
7. Part 7The dress of school-girls and children must not be overlooked. It should be as simple as possible and above all else it should be comfortable. It should never bind or pinch; ind...
5. Part 5_Exceptions._--While the above rule should be generally followed, there are exceptional instances of the perfectly harmonious arrangement of flowers of two or more kinds togethe...
3. Part 3_Decoration as a Corrective._--But this does not prevent him from attempting to counteract the blunders of faulty design and bad architecture. Such correction, indeed, forms a l...
2. Part 2_Importance of Colour Schemes._--But what was the colour to be? The designers were thus brought face to face with that difficult but important problem which all who plan houses...
1. Part 1Some pure lovers of art discard the formula, _Art for Progress, the Beautiful Useful_, fearing lest the useful should deform the beautiful. They tremble to see the drudge's hand...
17. Part 17This problem introduces engraving and enamelling, two interesting but somewhat difficult operations. The process to be carried out is as follows: Using 12-gauge copper, saw the...