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 F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910, author · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 130
94 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. shall he leave it in the biscuit state, or glaze it? And suppose it is to be painted, shall the colour be put on to the ware before it is glazed, or after? or shall it be in the glaze itself? and in the latter case, how had he best keep … 88. WOOD CARVING IN WHICH THE USE OF THE DRILL IS APPARENT. his colours apart ? These are only some of the conditions with which the designer for pottery has to do. Again, we talk of the metals as base or precious. But the designer has to regard them from another point of view also — according to…
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