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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  of 
  heating 
  and 
  mix- 
  

   ing. 
  

  

  Copper, 
  brass, 
  

   red 
  metal, 
  tin 
  and 
  

   pewter, 
  are 
  all 
  sold 
  

   in 
  sheets 
  for 
  re- 
  

   pousse 
  work. 
  The 
  

   sheets 
  of 
  brass 
  are 
  

   from 
  six 
  to 
  twelve 
  

   inches 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  

   can 
  be 
  had 
  in 
  all 
  

   thicknesses 
  fro 
  m 
  

   that 
  of 
  note 
  paper 
  

   up 
  to 
  half 
  an 
  inch. 
  

   Number 
  twenty-five 
  

   is 
  best 
  suited 
  for 
  be- 
  

   ginners, 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   cut 
  with 
  the 
  shears. 
  

   Select 
  metal 
  which 
  is 
  

   free 
  from 
  spots, 
  

   holes 
  or 
  scales. 
  Brass 
  

   can 
  be 
  smoothed 
  out 
  

   for 
  work 
  with 
  a 
  

   common 
  flat-iron. 
  

   The 
  surface 
  is 
  then 
  

   rubbed 
  with 
  fine 
  

  

  sand-paper, 
  or 
  with 
  pumice-stone, 
  or 
  emery-paper. 
  It 
  must 
  

   then 
  be 
  screwed 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  or 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  pitch. 
  

  

  The 
  patterns 
  must 
  first 
  be 
  drawn 
  on 
  thin, 
  strong 
  paper, 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  black, 
  soft 
  lead-pencil. 
  Lay 
  this 
  face 
  downward 
  

   on 
  the 
  brass. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  place 
  by 
  gumming 
  the 
  edges 
  

   to 
  the 
  metal. 
  Now 
  rub 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  a 
  paper-knife, 
  flat- 
  

   iron, 
  or 
  agate 
  burnisher, 
  and 
  the 
  pattern 
  will 
  be 
  transferred. 
  

   It 
  will 
  be 
  safer 
  to 
  go 
  over 
  it 
  again 
  with 
  pencil 
  or 
  ink. 
  

  

  Another 
  means 
  of 
  transferring 
  the 
  design, 
  is 
  to 
  lay 
  a 
  sheet 
  

   of 
  carbon 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  brass, 
  

   and 
  over 
  this 
  the 
  design, 
  going 
  

   over 
  the 
  lines 
  with 
  a 
  knitting- 
  

   needle 
  or 
  any 
  instrument 
  with 
  a 
  

   blunt 
  point. 
  A 
  dressmaker's 
  

   prick-wheel 
  is 
  sometimes 
  used. 
  

   After 
  the 
  pattern 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  

   brass, 
  go 
  over 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  prick- 
  

   wheel, 
  which 
  will 
  leave 
  lines 
  of 
  

  

  Metal-work 
  Exhibited 
  at 
  an 
  Arts 
  and 
  Crafts 
  Exhibition 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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  Copper 
  and 
  Oak 
  Fire-screen 
  

  

  small 
  dots 
  in 
  the 
  metal. 
  These 
  

   must 
  be 
  remarked 
  with 
  pencil 
  

   or 
  ink. 
  Having 
  applied 
  your 
  

   pattern 
  successfully 
  to 
  the 
  

   metal, 
  it 
  must 
  next 
  be 
  outlined 
  

   with 
  the 
  tracer, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  

   done 
  with 
  great 
  care 
  and 
  ac- 
  

   curacy. 
  Then 
  a 
  pick 
  must 
  be 
  

   used 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  in- 
  

  

  dentations 
  In 
  the 
  

   background. 
  A 
  1 
  1 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  lines 
  can 
  be 
  

   executed 
  with 
  mats 
  

   and 
  tracers, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  design. 
  

   In 
  this 
  craft 
  more 
  

   than 
  any 
  other, 
  the 
  

   Individuality 
  of 
  the 
  

   worker 
  can 
  be 
  felt. 
  

   At 
  recent 
  Arts 
  and 
  

   Crafts 
  exhibitions 
  

   bowls, 
  casseroles, 
  

   trays, 
  panels, 
  book- 
  

   racks, 
  buckles, 
  and 
  

   receptacles 
  for 
  logs, 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  be 
  mostly 
  

   in 
  evidence, 
  but 
  the 
  

   wider 
  field 
  for 
  ma- 
  

   terials 
  suitable 
  for 
  il- 
  

   luminating 
  the 
  home 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   entirely 
  overlooked, 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  

   of 
  bowls 
  and 
  shades 
  

   for 
  lamps: 
  objects 
  readily 
  available 
  for 
  creation 
  in 
  this 
  work. 
  

   With 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  electric 
  lighting, 
  decorative 
  

   bands 
  and 
  circles 
  could 
  be 
  evolved 
  for 
  clusters 
  of 
  electric 
  

   lights, 
  and 
  these 
  may 
  then 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  

   metals. 
  

  

  Take, 
  for 
  instance, 
  a 
  circle 
  twenty-four 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   one-eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  and 
  two 
  inches 
  wide. 
  This 
  could 
  be 
  

   made 
  of 
  lead 
  with 
  eight 
  hammered 
  bow-shaped 
  excrescences, 
  

   through 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  hole 
  must 
  be 
  drilled. 
  The 
  electric 
  

   wire 
  can 
  be 
  drawn 
  through 
  the 
  holes. 
  This 
  

   could 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling 
  for 
  a 
  

   center 
  ornament 
  for 
  electricity. 
  A 
  small 
  

   inverted 
  bowl 
  of 
  copper 
  with 
  a 
  well-de- 
  

   signed 
  decoration 
  could 
  then 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  pewter 
  circle, 
  and 
  should 
  

   contain 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  a 
  large 
  hole, 
  

   through 
  which 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  electric 
  wires 
  

   could 
  pass. 
  

  

  Goblet 
  in 
  Brass 
  Repousse. 
  The 
  Vessel 
  is 
  Made 
  

  

  of 
  One 
  Sheet 
  of 
  Brass, 
  Only 
  the 
  Handles 
  

  

  Being 
  Riveted 
  in 
  Place 
  

  

  A 
  Well-designed 
  Bowl 
  

  

  A 
  broad 
  band 
  some 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  

   deep 
  could 
  then 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  copper 
  with 
  

   repousse 
  work 
  in 
  high 
  relief. 
  This 
  should 
  

   be 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  as 
  the 
  pewter 
  circle, 
  and 
  

   should 
  be 
  suspended 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  

   below. 
  The 
  wires 
  hanging 
  straight 
  from 
  

   the 
  pewter 
  circle 
  would 
  be 
  threaded 
  

   through 
  receptacles 
  placed 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose, 
  and 
  hanging 
  down 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  