Vol. VI, No. 10 
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
February 1905 
HE New Yorlv Society- of Ceramic 
Arts talks of holding- its next cxlii- 
bition at the National Arts Club. 
If it is possible to make this arrange- 
ment v\'ith the Arts Club, the .Societj- 
will be able to place its work before 
the best of critics, and a favorable 
reception would be of the utmost 
value, as placing the work on as 
high a plane as other arts and 
crafts. Natiu-ally such an exhibition would be of ediicational 
rather than financial value, although in the end, a higher repu- 
tation would bring more remunerative sales. It has been 
suggested by the president of the Society that individual 
members would find jDrivate studio sales more remunerative 
for small articles and the best efforts could then be reserved 
for the exhibition at the Arts Club. This seems to us an 
excellent plan since above all things we would wish to see the 
work of overglaze decorators received as a not unworthy com- 
panion of other arts and crafts, as it deserves to be. 
The prizes for the competition which closed January 15 
will be published in the March number of Keramic Studio. 
See annomicements on back of cover for subjects of the various 
monthly competitions. 
The Problem for the comiDetition closing April 15 will be 
a conventionahzed border for a mushroom plate. Illustrations 
of the mushroom will be found in this number of Kkramic 
Studio. Fir.st prize, $5.00; second $4.00. 
"Philosophy of Color'' is a seventy-two page cloth- 
bound book from the press of Clifford & Lawton, New Yorlc; 
it treats of the subject of color in a most interesting way. 
The knowledge of color harmony has usuallj' been regarded as 
an occult and mysterious accomplishment, but bj^ a few 
simple rules and explanations the author has brought the 
subject within the understanding of anyone. 
Pie explains why in the furnishing of a room yellows and 
reds should go into an apartment having a northern exposure: 
as there is a deficiencj- of sunlight in the north end of a house, 
the colors used therein should supply this lack of warmth. 
For the same reason, a room having a southern exposure woidd 
be made positively glaring by the use of sunny colors, and in 
such a room deep greens and blues or cold colors should be 
used. He talks of receding and advancing colors, and tells 
what the receding colors are and why they make a small room 
look larger; he goes into the illuminating qualities of white 
and luminous tones and gives innumerable rules for the correct 
way of determining color contrast. The colored chart which 
accompanies the book shows not only the primary colors, but 
the nine other colors formed from the primaries. It shows 
also in color the correct contrasts and the correct harmonies. 
The woman who is interested in dress will understand why 
green makes her complexion look fresher, why black takes the 
color out of lier face and wh}' white illuminates. Whether in 
questions of dress or in the higher forms of interior decoration 
the book treats of the whj' and the wherefore in a wa^' that is 
easily understood. 
John Lane has just published a very handsome volume, 
"llis])ano Moresque Ware of the XV Century," by A. Van do 
Put. The majority of the pieces chosen for illustration, and 
many are given in colors, are imique or of extreme rarity. 
The book treats onlj^ of the wares which were made in the XV 
century, especially in the district of Valencia, after the province 
had passed under the control of Spain, the decoration of which, 
although strongly influenced bj' the purefy Moorish ornament 
of the XlV^century, begins to become more mdependent, 
especially in the treatment of ])lant form. The decoration 
consists of mock-Arabic characters, spur bands and cross- 
hatching, gadroons, and flowers and leaves in allover patterns, 
es]jecially the vine leaf and bryony leaf. In manj' cases coat 
of arms either in center or on side of dishes add to the richness 
of the ornament and these coat of arms have more than any- 
thing else allowed the author to reconstitute the historj^ of the 
ware. This book will be inA^aluable to collectors mterested in 
old European potteries, and the somewhat intricate but 
extremely rich decoration will be of great interest to students 
of design. 
EXHIBITION NOTES 
TiiE llandicrafters of Brooklj'n held an exhibition of their 
work at 1 60 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, December 
7th and 8th. The exhibition was a verj^ successful one and 
this body of workers hopes soon to organize, and open a crafts 
house where they can have workrooms and a permanent exhi- 
bition. 
Among the exhibitors in pottery Mrs. Worth Osgood had 
some very creditable work, also Miss Jane Hoagland, Miss 
Florence Knapp, and Mrs. M. White Talbot. The metal 
workers were well represented, Miss Marie Zimmerman had a 
number of original pieces of jewehy, Mrs. E. P. Day Eankin a 
chased silver card plate, Mr. H. Whitbeck some rings and 
silver spoons. Miss M. D. Peckham some jewelry, Mrs. I. P. 
Conklin some silver belt buckles, Mr. W. C. Stimpson a very 
attractive silver porringer, Emily F. Peacock a necklace in 
silver and Amazon stones, a silver cream spoon and some work 
in copper. Miss E. Chaprn had a number of well bound books; 
Miss Mina D. Behr, Miss G. Heath and Miss Vaughan, mod- 
eled leather and stencils. Mary White Talbot and Mary Acker, 
basketrj^ 
Mrs. Wendell T. Bush held an exhibition of hand weav- 
ings and needlework, Thursday, December 8th, at 167 Jora- 
lemon Street, Brooklyn. A greater part of the exhibition had 
been collected by Mrs. Bush in her travels abroad; beautiful 
bits of finety woven tapestiy from Greece, a wonderful red 
embroidered East Indian petticoat, embroiderj^ from Holland, 
and needlework from the con^'ents are only a few items in 
this most interesting collection. 
SHOP NOTES 
The old firm of Marsching & Co. is now B. F. Draken- 
feld & Co. 
The Fry Art Co. are sending out a new catalogue of their 
artists' materials with a veiT attractive and artistic coAcr. 
