A block of white pine hurtled across the shop, but Harry ducked and no one was hurt.
"No," said Ralph, "you can't start a discussion to-day. I've been thinking that you will have to take up the use of bench tools pretty soon, because you are really doing this work backward."
"What do you mean?"
"Why, you should never decorate anything which you haven't actually made."
"Well, haven't I made everything we have carved so far?"
Fig. 84. Double photo frame
"All except the boxes. When we bought those boxes, that was a signal that it was time for you to begin constructive work. It has been a big problem to give you carving to do on articles in the flat that you could make with the knife. We will make a few picture frames, carve them, and then leave our carving until you can construct anything in wood. You will always be able now to design carved work for any given space; one of these picture frames, however, is going to be a rather severe test of your skill."
[Fig. 84] shows the first photograph frame they took up, a simple design in one piece.