RERAMIC STUDIO 
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DESIGN FOR PLATE-OPHELIA FOLEY 
A SUMMER CLASS IN DESIGN 
TO those who have known Marshal Frj^ so long, only by his 
charming flower painting, the work to which he is now 
devoting himself, will be a surprise and a revelation. At heart 
he has long had a leaning toward the conventional in ceramics, 
but has waited for the propitious hour when he felt he had 
gained the point where he could carry his pupils with him into 
pastures new, yet ever old — pastures ever existing and yet seen 
with changing understanding so that they are ever new. 
Be that as it may, there is no doubt that the enthusiastic 
class that surrounded Mr. Fry at Alfred, lived in an atmosphere 
both mentally and physically most conducive to opening their 
eyes and understandings. The fresh air from the hills blew 
away the cobwebs from lungs and spirits, while the gentle 
breezes from the heights of the ideal cleared out the cobwebs 
from heart and brain. 
For the short season the amount of good work in design 
was certainly encouraging, some of it was carried out only on 
paper, but much was executed in color on the white china or on 
the plate made for this work at Alfred, and which was decorated 
both in relief and on the flat, with a fine crackle glaze which was 
developed this year at the School especially for this purpose. 
The plate design bj^ Miss Foley is fine and very suggestive 
of the Chelsea plate. 
The card box problem was exceedingly interesting and 
brought some very fine results. The border of the card box 
by Miss Swissler is unusualh^ fine though the center is rather 
commonplace. 
