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I1ERAMIC STUDIO 
All designs for Pyrography should be sent to Miss K. Liv. 
PYROGRAPHY 
■e,1010 Chapel St., New Haven, Ct., who has charge of this departme; 
■ inquiries in the Magazine. 
KatJierin Liver more 
AT the request of a subscriber we submit these designs for a frame for her fruit study. The pome- 
granate is the motif used in a strictly conventional and semi-conventional way. If a dark 
effect is desired and the conventional border used, outline the design and put in any dark back- 
ground desired, then shade the ornament slightly putting in each little black seed with one sweep 
of the point ; if a light frame is required reverse the treatment. 
For the semi-conventional border, outline and stipple in the background with the sharp end of 
the point, then shade design slightly. 
It is always a better plan to burn the background of any design before any shading of the orna- 
ment is attempted, otherwise one is apt to lose the values and the whole thing is flat and uninter- 
esting. 
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JACK SPRAT DESIGN— JANET PULSIFER 
THE design may be carried out in outline on wood or leather, finishing entirely with the point, or 
it may be afterwards stained ; leaving the flesh in the natural wood color and using dull 
tones of red, green and blue for the various articles of clothing. Keep the background, table, &c, 
in brown. This is a good suggestion for nursery panels, juvenile book covers, etc. 
LEATHER— MAUDE CRIGLER-ANDERSON 
TO the Pyrographer, leather affords a wide field for decoration, from the modest little pen wiper 
to pretentious hangings, wall and furniture coverings. It can be burned, stained, carved, 
painted, appliqued, perforated, illuminated, stenciled, varnished, and what not? 
To the woman who must earn her living by fashioning small novelties, it will bring no mean 
income. To the artistic decorator of interiors it affords endless variety in design, execution and col- 
oring. Leather comes in embossed, smooth and ornamental finish, ranging in color from white, cream, 
gray, pink, blue and lavender to deepest tones of red, brown, green, blue and black. Either side can 
be used, however, the smooth side is better for lustres, stains and glazes, or in designs for plain 
burning when shatp, clear lines are required. Chamois skin lends itself admirably to plain burning 
and the most beautiful and varied tones of brown may be obtained in shading by regulating the 
pressure on the point. It can also be dyed any tint by dipping in gasoline to which has been added 
any of the transparent oil painting colors. Stretch it securely on a board until thoroughly dry. 
This process will not prove successful on a skin marred by little knots or the hard, smooth spots fre- 
quently found upon it. 
SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF LEATHER. 
Select a piece of uniform thickness a trifle larger than desired. Stretch it tightly on a board and 
secure with thumb tacks. Remove all traces of soil with kneaded rubber. Transfer design with car- 
bon paper and sharp-pointed agate tracer. Carbon paper is less apt to soil than impression paper, 
and the agate will produce sharper, clearer lines than a common pencil. If the design is large or re- 
