WHOSE INTEREST IN
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
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GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.
INTRODUCTION.
The art of cutting Cameos in shell is of so very recent birth, compared with that of working in precious stones, that a claim to consideration in setting forth the method and practice may justly be preferred. Yet my little treatise, which is based upon practical experience, has been found, even in more limited form, a sufficient guide for the practice of the art, by a large number of amateurs in England, Wales, and Switzerland, to produce good work; these were all of them skilled in the use of the brush, the pencil, or the chisel. To all similarly proficient in any department of art, Cameo-cutting will be found a pleasant and interesting employment.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Shell Cameo-Cutting | [11] |
| Shell Cameos in the Museums | [19] |
| Appearance of the Conch-shell | [19] |
| Adaptability of the Art | [22] |
| Cost of Pieces of Shell | [25] |
| Carved Pumice-stone | [26] |
| Mounting Pieces of Shell | [26] |
| Drawing the Design | [29] |
| The Tools | [30] |
| The Use of the Holdfast | [32] |
| Process of Working | [34] |
| Working by Night | [41] |
| Polishing | [41] |
| Sharpening the Tools | [42] |
| Cost of Appliances | [43] |
| Decline in the Fashion of Wearing Cameos | [44] |
| Cameo-Cutting Highly Recommended | [47] |
| Derivation of the Word “Cameo” | [51] |
| A Teacher at Work | [55] |
| Lessons by Correspondence | [57] |
| Is there a Market? | [58] |
| Designs | [60] |