Industrial Arts Design. William H. Varnum

SUMMARY OF DESIGN STEPS

       SUGGESTED PROBLEMS

       SUMMARY OF RULES

       Hues for Small Objects

       Values for Small Objects

       Chroma for Small Objects

       REVIEW QUESTIONS

       SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL RULES IN THE PRECEEDING CHAPTERS

       Horizontal and Vertical Primary Masses

       Proportions of the Primary Mass

       Horizontal Space Divisions

       Sequential Progression of Minor Horizontal Space Divisions

       Vertical Space Divisions

       Appendages

       Outline or Contour Enrichment

       Surface Enrichment

       Continuous Bands and Borders for Partly Enriched Surfaces

       Enclosed Enrichment—Partly Enriched Panels for Surface Enrichment

       Enclosed Enrichment—Fully Enriched Panels for Surface Enrichment

       Free Ornament for Partly Enriched Surfaces

       Surface Enrichment of Clay

       Surface Enrichment of Base and Precious Metals For Small Masses

       Surface Enrichment of Base and Precious Metals For Large Primary Masses

       Application of Color To Large Areas

       VALUES

       HUES

       CHROMA

       DISTRIBUTION

       HUES FOR SMALL OBJECTS

       VALUES FOR SMALL OBJECTS

       CHROMA FOR SMALL OBJECTS

       APPENDIX

       Thin Metal

       Pottery

       INDEX

PREFACE

       Table of Contents

      Place for the Book. As a textbook, Industrial Arts Design is a practical guide for designing in wood, clay, and base and precious metals. It is intended for individual student use in the High Schools, Normal Schools, and Colleges and as a reference book for elementary school teachers. Its more complex problems are intended as definite helps to the industrial arts designer or craftsman. The wood problems are treated with special reference to their adaptability to bench and cabinet work.

      Need of the Book. It has been written to fill a decided demand for a textbook that shall, without loss of time, directly apply well-recognized principles of general design to specific materials and problems encountered in the Industrial Arts. A brief description of the decorative processes adapted to the materials under discussion with the design principles directly applying to these processes, insures designs that may be worked out in the studio or shop. It is hoped that this provision will eliminate the large number of impractical designs that are frequently entirely unfitted to the technic of the craft. This lack of mutual technical understanding between the teacher of design and the shop work instructor is the cause of friction that it is hoped will be removed by the methods advocated in these pages.

      The Author's Motive. It has been the intention to reduce unrelated and abstract theories to a minimum and reach directly rules and conclusions that shall be applicable to typical materials in common use in the schools and industries. The original conception materialized in the publication of a series of articles upon Design in the Industrial Arts Magazine, in 1915. These articles were favorably received and their results in the schools proved highly satisfactory. Through this encouragement, the articles have been reprinted in book form, enriched by the addition of illustrations, review questions, and three chapters on color with its applications.

      Industrial Arts Design develops the principles of industrial design in a new and logical form which, it is believed, will simplify the teaching of craft design. Chapters I to V deal with the elementary problems confronting the designer as he begins the first steps on his working drawing; Chapters VI to VIII show the methods by which he may express his individuality through contour or outline enrichment, while Chapters IX to XVII explain the treatment of the most difficult form of decoration, that of surface enrichment.

      The Appendix. The appendix is added to show the manner in which the rules may be directly applied to a course of study in either pottery or art metal. The present work is not intended to include the chemistry of glaze