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Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work (1904)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 181

An illustration from Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work, 1904, leaf 181 — -necessary to the manipulation of the plastic lump will notallow (though something will depend ^ipon the quality ofthe clay itself) the throwing of shapes such as we find inthe old Greek vases. The\ are the result of an after-processakin to turning. But their refinement is gained at the loss 144… … 134. SIMPLE METAL SHAPES. of a quality more characteristic of potting. Mechanicaltrimming in the half-dry state of the clay effaces what wasdone whilst it was amenably moist to the hand—and thatso effectually that one is inclined to ask whether, if in theend a vase is to be shaved all over on the…

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