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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar00newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York, Munn and Co
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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HE work of applying color on a given surface by means of a stencil is comparatively easy, as this part of the work is merely mechanical, requiring practice to acquire deftness in handling the stencils. Considerable care is necessary to keep the work clean, for the constant moving of the stencil is apt to leave spots unless great vigilance is exercised. There are many ways of doing this kind of work, but it is absolutely necessary to adapt the designs to inevitable condi- tions common to all practical designs. In planning a stencil it must be borne in mind that the design should be broken up into small parts; the smaller they are the better; the "ties" should never mar the design, for they are an essential part of it, and can be brought into the pattern in such a way that they do not obtrude themselves at all. The intentional ef- facing of the ties should never be done. The frank acceptance of the limitations of a stencil print is craftsmanlike and makes the stencil more interesting. In making designs for stencil treatment it will be found that the most successful are those that are simple and con- ventional. In the drawing of leaves, for instance, the vein- ing will become part of the ornament and the natural form of a flower will become more or less conventionalized if treat- ed judiciously with reticence and self-restraint, thereby insur- ing artistic strength.
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Cutting the Stencil with a Sharp Penknife Stenciling with Dyes. The Colors can be Poured Back into the Bottles and are always Ready for Use

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