IlERAMIC STUDIO 
57 
CLASS IN CERAMIC DESIGN 
MARSHAL FRY, Instructor 
L. Tuttle, N. T. Class. 
THE Spring exhibit of the work of the class in ceramic 
design under Marshal Fry of New York, was one of the 
most interesting events of the season in the field of overglaze 
decoration. 
The dignity given to the work bj' the absence of the com- 
mercial or sale element and the arrangement of the exhibit 
were points to be noticed. The studios were cleaned of everj^- 
thing except the work, no curios, draperies, or furniture de- 
tracted from the educational object of the exhibit, and the 
general effect was that of galleries devoted to an exhibition. 
and continuing around the room with the best M'ork of each 
succeeding lesson, illustrating the study of other elementarj? 
principles, the balance of color in tones of grej^ applied to flower 
and landscape drawings. The designing of repeated motifs 
composing a border, the application of these designs to plates 
and cups and saucers in the blue and grey or blue, green and 
grev — finally the applying of designs to bowls, vases, pitchers 
and other ceramic forms in full color. 
Mrs. J. A. Ten Eyck, Bridgeport Class. 
In the smaller studio were shown the designs carried out 
on the china itself, shovv^n on bare tables — the pieces in blues, 
greens, and greys were grouped on a fumed oak Stickley table, 
while the blue and grey plates were placed above on a plate 
rack of the same wood. The pieces in warmer color schemes 
were also grouped by themselves. 
Every one seemed impressed bj^ the demonstration of the 
evolution from first simple exercises in design to the complete 
work on porcelain. The large attendance and the pleasure and 
interest shown were a great note of encouragement in the new 
movement toward proper ceramic decoration and this was the 
more marked, coming from students who had long been accus- 
tomed to the naturalistic painting of china rather than the 
decorative treatment of objects. 
Elizabeth Libby, Bridgejiuit CUis 
The entire wall spaces of the large studio were devoted to 
the result of the year's work in ceramic design on paper. This 
was arranged in the order in which it was done, beginning with 
the work of the first lessons, illustrating artistic division of 
The pitchers and bowls were the most unusual in color 
and design treatment. The pitcher by Mrs. Hanford was a 
most interesting conventionalization of the daisy or chrj^san- 
space b}^ straight and curved lines, flower and landscape lines, themum motif and very successful in color. The pitcher was 
