Miller, Fred, decorative artist · New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld. · leaf 44
gning is as much a mental attribute as an ear for musicIt is directed by feeling and intuition, and conditioned byour point of view, and cannot be taught, though variousbooks profess to do so. Still, as I have just endeavouredto show, there is no mystery about it, and anyone can start toadapt some… … 32 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. Hand-cunning, however, can be taught, and I wouldrecommend any one wishing for instruction in the use oftools, and how to set about carving, to get a few lessons ofa practical carver, and then work on, beginning with simplework like the vine, No. 7, in which the…
Decorative arts · Decoration and ornament
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