I1ERAMIC STUDIO 
101 
Mitta they wove in their beautiful wools long centuries after 
she had made them in the warm-tinted red clays of the mesas. 
There were no men potters in those days. We are the new 
race, but we grow in the same soil. And we are yielding to a 
natural instinctive influence when we give ourselves up to this 
old art ! 
Taking the clay in our hands and modeling with it 
some simple thing, putting thought and purpose into our 
little bit of earth, to give it some grace of form by careful 
endeavor, some beauty of surface, and by delving deeper into 
the hidden mineral treasures of the earth to gain that which 
will add some harmonious color or brilliant glaze, — this is the 
true delight of a noble art ! And can this be accomplished 
best alone? Not at all. Organization is needed and of great- 
est service. Recognition and sympathy, that wondrous 
atmosphere of friendship, nourishes artistic growth as no 
other factor can. Flattery is harmful, indiscriminate praise a 
thing to be deplored, but a generous use of the wet blanket is 
one of the most deadening, paralyzing methods of. treatment 
conceivable. So let me urge you, in all sincerity, to so organ- 
ize yourselves and ally yourselves with other organizations, as 
to give and gain the greatest good. Keep your identity, 
demand that recognition for your art of which it is worthy. 
Not that it should be recognized because it is yours, but 
because it is worth recognition. Put your heart and soul into 
it and give it worth. Be sincere and honest and it will shout 
your purpose to the world. It is shouting all the time, but 
you can determine by your own efforts what the message may 
be : whether the works of your hands and the meditations of 
your heart shall be acceptable. 
MUSHROOM DESIGN (No. 4)— S. EVANNAH PRICE 
LAY in the background with the same colors as in No. i. 
Cones — Wash the high lights with Russian Green (thin). 
Shade with Sepia and Dark Brown. The needles are a light 
brownish green (Moss, Brown and Shading Greens). 
Mushrooms — Thin wash of Lemon Yellow shaded with 
Yellow Brown, with Sepia in the darkest parts. The cones 
and needles at the opposite side of plate are treated the same 
as the mushrooms in No. I. 
