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POWER. 
J PRACTICAL JOURNAL OF 
HOME ARTS 
Vol. VI. 
NEW YORK, MAY, 1883. 
No. 5. 
, Amateur Wood-Carving. {Continued). 
BY LEO PARSLEY. 
N treating the sun- 
flower shown in Fig. 
1, I have strictly ad- 
liered to the conven- 
tional style, which 
in cases of this kind 
is perhaps the mo^t 
effective ; the leaves 
and flowers are 
treated alike ; they 
are, however, re- 
duced in size, as space here is limited, but 
they can easily be enlarged by the ama- 
teur to either twice or three times the 
size, if desired. 
The method of working to be adopted 
with this design is exactly the same as 
that described in my last paper for carv- 
ing the ivy scroll panel. In carving fret- 
work, picture-frames or brackets, the 
same treatment is to be used, but in fin- 
ishing off, it will be, in many cases, ad- 
visable to chamfer the edges of the leaves, 
etc., from the back, so as to take away 
Fig. 1. — PANEL SUNFLOWER, CONVENTIONALLY 
TREATED. 
the appearance of heaviness, which invar- 
iably results when the thick edges of 
leaves or flowers are left. 
I noticed in the Young Scientist for 
January an interesting article on walk- 
ing-sticks ; and in case any of the readers 
