Vol. Ill, No. I 
NEW YORK AND SYRACUSE 
May 1901 
Hereafter the main office of the Keramic Studio Publishing Company vuill 
be at Syracuse. All communications should be addressed to 
KERAMIC STUDIO PUBLISHING COMPANY, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Mrs. Alsop-Robineau's address 'will be 180 Holland street, Syracuse, N, Y. 
Mrs. Anna B. Leonard 'will represent the Keramic Studio in Ne<w York at 
her old address, 28 East 23d street. 
ITH this number we begin the third year of 
our magazine and if comparisons are 
made, it will plainly be seen that with each 
year there has been a great improvement ; 
we have given much more than we prom- 
ised, both in number and quality of designs, and we are 
now issuing twelve colored studies a year instead of six. as 
we proposed. Our subscription list is growing, and we take 
this opportunity to thank our patrons for their interest and 
encouragement in helping with the good work that we have 
begun.. This has been a great delight to the originators, 
and we feel that there is reason for congratulation, when the 
artistic success (as well as financial) of the Keramic STUDIO 
is so universally acknowledged, and has been attained without 
the slightest hitch in harmony with those with whom we 
have had to deal. 
When we started, an editor of one of the art journals 
made the remark: "You will have your hearts broken in 
dealing with the many difficulties that beset an editor." 
So far there has been no editorial hair pulling, but only a dis- 
position on the part of every one to give us encouragement. 
This has greatly added to success. 
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For the coming year we hope to have articles from Mr. 
Arthur Dow, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Carrie Wait, Miss K. C. 
Budd, Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nichols, Mr. Barber, and others of 
distinction. 
The publishing of the plate design in the April number 
under Mrs. A. A. Frazee's name was a mistake, which we gladly 
mention, giving all due credit to Beulah L. Frazer, who de- 
signed it. The design is most charming and will be very 
useful not only for a plate, but for other things as well, the 
top of a bon bon box for instance, 
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We have received many letters expressing admiration 
for our April colored study, (Miss Dibble's pitcher) and we 
delight in calling attention to the beauty of line, the fine pro- 
portion of the bands, and the distribution of color. Of course 
no colored study can do full justice to the beauty of trans- 
parent colors on porcelain, and while the blue in the broad 
band is not absolutely perfect, yet upon the whole it is one of 
the best colored studies we have seen and it is good enough 
to frame. Perhaps those who do not understand conven- 
tional design may pass it over as being difficult, but the 
artist has facilitated the problem by showing the proper 
spacing and the proportions. The design may be utilized in 
various ways — for instance, use the broad decorated space for 
the rim of a plate, with the narrow decorated blue band on 
the inside. Then the idea of the medalions may be carried 
out in other forms. The original of all our colored studies 
may be seen at our office. 
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Again the Keramic Studio extends its thanks and con- 
gratulations to the kind friends who have helped to bring it 
safely through its second year. The outlook is brighter than 
ever. Everywhere an improvement is shown in decorative 
china painting. The growth of feeling for the artistic in 
Keramic work is attested not only by the rising interest in 
underglaze work, but by the more decorative treatment found 
in the overglaze. 
Especially is the KERAMIC Studio delighted to note the 
wholly unexpected number of original designs submitted for 
its anniversary prize competition. There were nearly one 
hundred and sixty submitted, hardly one of which but had 
some merit of originality or technique. 
Mr. Arthur Dow of Boston, now of Brooklyn, was asked 
to act as judge, Mr. Dow being a recognized authority on 
design, author of treatises on design and composition and 
himself a landscape painter of note. He kindly consented 
and the awards were made as follows : 
For the best modern design adapted to some Keramic 
shape, $io, Miss Katherine Sinclair, New York ; second prize, 
$6, Miss Emily Peacock, Brooklyn; third prize, $5, Miss 
Katherin Livermore, New York ; fourth prize, year's subscrip- 
tion to Keramic Studio, Mrs. Earle Sloan, Charleston, 
S. C. Mentions— Miss Edith Loucks, Oak Park, III; Miss 
Alice Sharrard, Louisville, Ky. ; Mr. Frank Browne, Tom's 
River, N. J. ; Mr. Charles Babcock, Seneca Falls, N. Y. ; Miss 
Marie Crilley, Irvington, N. J. 
For the best design adapted from Historic ornament $6, 
Mrs. Dante C. Babbitt, Larned, Kan. ; second prizes, $5 each, 
Miss Edith Loucks, Oak Park, 111., and Miss Margaret Over- 
beck, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind. ; third prize 
year's subscription to Keramic STUDIO, Miss Katherin Liver- 
more, New York. 
For best naturalistic study in black and white, first prize 
$5, Miss Louise M. Jenkins, Columbus, O. ; second prize, 
$4, Miss Alta Morris, Columbus, O. ; third prize, year's sub- 
scription to KERAMIC Studio, Miss Mariam Candler, De- 
troit, Mich. Mentions — Mr. Julius Brauer, Chicago, 111 ; Miss 
Jennie Smith, Bridgeport, Conn. 
We were so rash as to say in announcing the competition 
that we would purchase all meritorious designs not eligible to 
prizes. The KERAMIC Studio does not like to retract, but 
there were so many meritorious designs that we were obliged 
to limit ourselves to the purchase of about fifty of the most 
meritorious. We are pleased to note the liberal and broad- 
minded manner in which most of the unsuccessful competi- 
tors have received the awards. This fact alone demonstrates 
more than anything else the stride toward the real artist's 
standpoint, and another year we have no doubt these unsuc- 
