THE CRAFTS 
WOOD CARVING AND PYROGRAPHY. LEATHER AND METAL. BASKETRY, ETC. 
Under the management of Miss Emily Peacock, i6j South Ninth street, Brooklyn, N. V. All inquiries in regard to the various 
crafts are to be sent to the above address, but will be anszvercd in the magazine under this head. 
WROUGHT LEATHER 
Charlotte Hoivell Busck 
RATHER being one of those dura- 
able materials that the moth and 
rust corrupt not, it behooves us to 
pause and reflect before we take 
even the first step. When the ma- 
terial one is working in is going to 
outlast one's own generation and be 
handed down to one's great grand- 
children, one naturally hesitates 
about the sort of thing one is willing 
to perpetuate. This too, has the other and very attractive 
side that when one expresses oneself in some lasting me- 
dium, one feels the dignity of one's work, and it becomes 
the greatest pleasure to spend hours of thought and labor 
over it. First of all I cannot emphasize too strongly the 
Mat, grape motif, designed by Charlotte Busck, executed by Amalie Busck Deady. 
extent handicapped by it. And in leather it is only by care- 
fully considering its limitations, and in the adaptation of the 
design and the intelligent working of it that he can bring out 
all the possibilities of his material. Having then given much 
care and thought to one's design the next step is to put it on 
the leather. In selecting a skin there is always an element of 
chance, experience seems to count for little, no two skins tool 
alike, and the worker will find that every skin requires a dif- 
ferent treatment. 
Portfolio, designed by Charlotte Busck, e 
uted by Amalie Busck Deady. 
value of good design, and not good design alone, but design 
that is fitted to the medium one is working in. For example, 
a natural arrangement of violets might be very charming in 
embroidery, but utterly unsuited to leather. Whatever 
medium the worker uses, he must realize that he is to a certain 
Floor cushion, designed by Charlotte Busck, executed by Amalie Basck- Deady. 
