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Page 105 - Logwood a small handful. Infuse in bottle eight days, tying the cork down. To stain a piece of wood, give the wood a coating of No. 1, it acts as a mordant ; when nearly dry put on No. 2, let it dry quite, and then brush it over again with No. 2 ; keep down the fibre that may be raised, and then varnish. A fine brown stain is procured as follows : — Take a pound of the brown pigment called Terre de Cassel, put into a glazed pot with 4 quarts of rain water, boil until it is reduced one.half. Mix...
Page 135 - ... mouth, not only in front, but in the back part, by raising the veil of the palate, as is mechanically done in the act of coughing, in consequence of which the voice escapes in its proper direction, instead of being allowed to drift with force against the nasal passages, while they remain partially shut. At the same time, care must be taken not to raise the veil of the palate so high as to stop the nasal passage entirely, in the style of obstruction caused by a cold, producing the utterance of...
Page 4 - The holdfast is put into one of the holes, the work to be held is put under the pad, and the screw is turned until the work is firmly fixed. This holdfast is used when the wood to be carved is too thin for the carver's screw to...
Page 57 - ... and depth. Then there is another species of ornament most useful for the bend of branches, and which is to be seen in Swiss carved brackets. This may be called the zig-zag pattern or ornament. It is intended to represent the cross fissures and marks that are seen in the bark of some trees at the bend of the branches. It is done with a flat or quarter-round gouge, the hand swaying from side to side, and at the same time advancing by alternate steps each corner of the tool.
Page 143 - ... proportion to the eyes and chin. Therefore advance all the features little by little, and, as it were, simultaneously. I now wish to introduce to my young readers a species of carving that 'is, in my opinion, specially suitable for my lady readers, and may be classed as a drawing-room occupation. It may be called Sunk Carving ; for, contrary to the usual method, the carving is sunk, whilst the ground is left at its original level.
Page 3 - Small, short, neatly-turned boxwood handles must be avoided ; they are nearly useless. Get good-sized beech or ash handles, quite five inches long ; and if the steel is four or four and a half inches long, you will have a really serviceable tool...
Page 5 - ... work is firmly fixed. This holdfast is used when the wood to be carved is too thin for the carver's screw to be inserted into it, and when it is not desirable to glue it down on another board. In using this holdfast...
Page 7 - Bring the gouge close to you, holding it across your body ; put the further corner of gouge down on the stone, push from you, and at the same time turn your wrist, so that the upper or nearest corner comes down on the stone ; drawing it back reverse the motion, and in this way every part of the edge of the gouge will be ground by the stone.
Page 7 - Now put a little oil on the stone ; take one of your chisels, the handle in your right hand, put it on the stone, and holding it at the angle at which it has been ground, place the fingers of the left hand ; on the face, and with a moderate pressure rub it steadily backwards...