INDUSTRIAL ART 



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INDUSTRIAL ART 



From paper that is lighter or darker in tone 

 than the cover of your book, cut four leaf 

 shapes in the manner we have just described. 

 Arrange them to form a border rhythm near 

 the top of the front cover of your book. When 

 background spaces and leaf shapes are well 





Letters cut from /2in.X I in. Manila paper 



related, paste the leaf shapes in place. From 

 the same paper, cut narrow strips to form 

 marginal bands, and put them in place. The 

 success of this exercise will depend upon the 

 careful spacing of the units, on the width and 

 placing of the bands and on the neatness with 

 which the work is done. 



Another way in which you might' decorate 

 your book cover is shown in Fig. 9. Here the 

 cover is ruled into inch squares. In every 

 other square is placed the shape of a leaf.* 

 You could use the shape of a bird or a flower 

 if you preferred. A paper pattern of the unit 

 you wish to repeat could be cut from an inch 

 square and used as a pattern in tracing. The 

 shapes should be filled in with strokes of col- 

 ored crayon, darker than the color of the 



.9. 



cover. The third row of squares from the 

 top should be reserved for the title, such as 

 "Birds," "Flowers" or "Leaves." The letters 

 for the title should be cut from l"x%" manila 

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paper, as shown in Fig. 8. The letters should 

 be carefully spaced, and pasted in place. 

 Figs. 9 and 10 are suggestions of booklets 

 decorated in this way. 



Problem 2; Stick Printed Designs. Most 

 boys and girls like to print with rubber 



Fig. 10 



stamps. It is a quick way of signing one's 

 name or of writing a word or a phrase that 

 has to be frequently used. There is a way 

 of stamping small shapes in color which you 

 will find most interesting, and you can work 

 out many exercises in design by means of this 

 little device. 



A stick printing outfit containing a number 

 of sticks of different shapes and some color 

 pads can be bought from the school supply 

 houses for a small sum; but there are various 

 home-made substitutes for stick printing which 

 will give good results. Of course, you must 

 have some kind of liquid color dye with which 

 to print. Colored inks are good, and very 

 strong bluing will do for blue; but the most 

 convenient way to get a variety of colors is 

 to dissolve hard cakes of water color. With 

 yellow, red and blue water colors in strong 

 solution, you will be able to print in a variety 

 of colors. Black ink will do for printing black 

 shapes. 



To prepare your colors, provide yourself 

 first with three two-ounce bottles. In one, put 

 a cake of yellow water color, broken up into 

 pieces small enough to be dropped through 

 the neck of the bottle. In another bottle, put 

 a cake of red, and in the third a cake of blue. 



