LONDON'S LATEST CRAZE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 30 June 1913, Page 10

LONDON'S LATEST CRAZE.

1 PLASTIC PATCHWORK. Patchwork parties aro society's latest amusement. This dofisn't mean that everyone sits down to help to inako a patchwork quilt! No; the. patchwork is quite of another order and consists in making a picture in bas-relief with that fascinating medium, plasticine. Most artistic results may be - obtained, little Kato Greonaway figures being particularly effective and well worth preserving. A delightful plastic patchwork tournament took place recently at the Hotel Cecil, under the auspices of the Patchwork Club, of which Mr. David H. IJ. King is tho founder and honorary secretary. The two hundred guests wero seated at little tables in groups of four. Tho first task consisted jn cutting out portions of a coloured picture and stioking them correctly on to a skeleton outline on cardboard. Half an hour was allowed for this. Then cams an interval, during which the method of applying the plasticine to the picture was demonstrated. Tho competitors set to work with the materials provided—portions of five oolours of plasticine and a modjlling tool like a smooth wooden skewer. Small pieces of tho plasticine were rolled out and laid in position on tho coloured picture, and were flattened out with the thumb and fingers. Then the edges were trimmed off with the tool, leaving a black utitiinc all round. Some competitors kept lh:-ir picture fiat, whilo others attempted modelling. In most cases tho faces and hands wore left uncovered. The results were highly varied, most amusing and often very'artistic. A cartoon of 11 r. Lloyd-Gcorge and a suffragette was most realistic, and decidedly popular. Handsome priws were awarded for the twelve , best pictures. After supper many guests indulged in dancing, while others took -part in a i whist drive, and thus tho evening was brought to a close. Plastic patchwork has sprung into immediate popularity, and is already well established in many hotels and boarding- ( houses in Bournemouth and other South Coast resorts, mid Mr. King and his committee aro besieged with requests for < liflp in the organisation of tournaments. ] Hostesses who are on the look-out for i something novel will welcome this new ■ recreation. Another way of using plasticine for an i evening's amusement is to provide each f guest with a few portions of it, and to | offer a prir.p for the best piK or other i animal uuidelled in half an hour, this j cause* endless fun, ami tho materials can i lie us:d again and again. j