ftERAMIC STUDIO 
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Design for a tile. Persian in feeling. 
Design for a tile with Persian ornament as inspiration. 
The average amateur lays brushes away filled with 
color and gummy with oil, and then wonders why the brush 
"won't work. " There is still another "don't" on our list and 
that is do not attempt to patch up lustre which has become 
the least dry. If there are any bad places, wipe off the 
entire tint, using alcohol, and try again. In carrying out a 
design it is often necessary to take out only a section. In 
doing this use that faithful tool, a wooden tooth-pick with a 
bit of cotton, changing the cotton as it becomes soiled. Do 
not have this over-wet with alcohol very little will do the 
work. 
Emphasis is always laid upon cleanliness and neatness 
in ceramic work. No where is this so absolutely necessary 
as in lustre work. 
Much of its difficulty arises from the neglect of these 
two cardinal virtues. The lustre is used from the bottle 
dipping the brush into it, and not pouring the lustre out 
into a receptacle. This would be wasteful on account of 
its rapid evaporation when exposed to the air. 
As they dry so quickly one must be very expeditious in 
using them. Though the lavender oil will greatly assist in 
keeping the lustre open, the work must be done as rapidly 
Design for a tile with leaf form as motif. 
Design for a tile with leaf form as motif. 
MISS MASON'S DESIGN CLASS. 
