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KERAMIC STUDIO 
BEGINNERS* CORNER 
JESSIE M. BARD ----.__ Editor 
Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa. 
KATHRYN E. CHERRY'S PLATE 
Kathryn E. Cherry 
OAINT all dark tones except tips of berries with Green Gold. 
*~ The berries are White Gold or Silver. Tips of berries 
are Yellow Brown and a touch of Yellow Red Grey. Space 
near edge of plate is Yellow Brown Lustre or a thin wash of 
Yellow Brown paint. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
G. W. P .—1— Can you tell me of as good a book on "Color" as Batchelder's 
is on design, and do you know of any color charts and where same can be gotten? 
2. — Are colored enamels opaque enough to fire the same color on blue, mauve 
and yellow Japanese -pottery, as they are on white china"! 
1. There are a great many good books out on Color. Write to Brentano, 
New York City for information. Arthur Dow has a hook on Design with 
quite a little space devoted to color. The Prang Co., Chicago, or New York 
office has color charts. 
2. Yes, the enamels will not be affected by color under them. 
L. D. — Sometime ago in giving an account of an exhibition of Keramic 
work you spoke of a group beautifully done in "splash lustre" work. What do 
you mean by "splash lustre" work and how is it done? 
The term is probably a local one, it probably is the method of flowing 
one color into another obtaining a variegated effect. Two brushes are neces- 
sary for this using a separate brush for each color in order not to mix the lustres 
Apply as ordinarily working first with one color and then the other. 
H. B. K. 1 — As a gift from a friend I received with much pleasure the 
January Keramic Studio. 
I— In it is a design by Mrs. H. B. Paist. The outline is not given in the 
treatment. I want to use it on a fruit set. Thought of using green gold for panels 
band and outline of stems and leaves with the treatment given. 
I made a design with stick printing that is suggestive of wall paper and lino- 
leum and after reading the article on textile designing in the magazine I am 
determined to try again but would like to send my design to a critic to find if it is 
■worthy of consideration. Where should such design be sent? 
1. The gold will be affright as you suggest or you may omit the outline 
entirely. 
2. The design could be sent to any teacher of design, a number of them 
being advertised in this magazine or it could be sent to a factory manufactur- 
ing linoleum. 
PLATE DESIGN— KATHRYN E. CHERRY 
