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KERAMIC STUDIO 
ALL-OVER DESIGNS 
THESE four all-over patterns are given as food for 
thought. See how many suggestions for decoration 
you can draw from each. Utilize them for borders, for all- 
over patterns on the necks of vases, or the bodies, or take 
the Units and change to vertical ornaments. Send your 
results to Keramic Studio for criticism, if you wish; we will 
attend to them promptly. 
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UTILIZATION OF DESIGNS FOR VARIOUS CRAFTS 
EVERYTHING is fish that comes to your net." Never 
let a design slip past you, whatever your line of work, 
without first extracting all the ideas you can. If you are not 
naturally original, you can by practice learn to adapt and 
that leads surely to more and more selection and finally 'orig- 
inal thought. Do not ask to have everything shown you. 
You learn better what you draw up for yourself out of the 
well of truth. 
According to your medium, the design must be changed 
to suit. For instance, the anemone border on the editorial 
page, by translating into color may be adapted to ceramic 
decoration; by carving back the outlines, or the design, 
leaving raised outlines, it may be adapted to wood work 
such as the ends of a book rack, panels for cabinet work, etc., 
by etching or repousse" it can be adapted to metal work as in 
a sconce. It can be adapted to needlework by embroider- 
ing the design and darning the background or by any other 
needle work method it may be arranged for scarf ends, cur- 
tains, and so on, through all the crafts. So every motif, 
arrangement, and design should have some suggestion for 
you. 
