RERAMIC STUDIO 
The next tool to be made is the curved tracer (Fig. 3), 
ixsed for the same purpose as the straight tracer only on 
curved lines. To make this tool take a finished blank exactly 
like the one used for the straight tracer. Instead of having 
the face of this tool flat as in Fig. I, curve it slightly by filing 
lengthwise across the face. Bevel off one of the long edges of 
the face of the tool, allowing the bevel to nearly reach the 
center. On the opposite side (not face) of the tool from this, 
file the flat side so that it curves around and meets the flat side 
(with the straight bevel across the face) . Now across the long 
edge of the face, on the curved side of the tool, file a bevel 
similar to the bevel on the straight side, only curve it around 
the ends of the face until it almost meets the ends of the 
straight bevel. Finish, harden and temper with the same 
process as before. 
Fig. 4 is called a planishing tool and is made in the same 
manner as the above tools, the finishing and shape of the face 
of the tool being the only exceptions. The face is made the 
size of the illustration and left flat and matted, which is done 
after the tool is polished, by striking the face with the medium 
sized file and at the same time rotating it in the hand to avoid 
striking twice in the same place. This process is repeated 
until an even rough texture is obtained. The rough surface is 
to keep the tool from slipping on the metal. The tool is now 
ready to be hardened and tempered. The tool is used for 
setting down the metal on the back side which produces the 
raised parts of the design on the right side. 
Tools of this character are made in hundreds of shapes 
and sizes according to the requirements of each design — a few 
are shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7. 
All chasing tools are made according to the above direc- 
tions; if they are carefully followed one should have no difficultj^ 
in making any shaped tool required. 
A MODERN HAND MADE RUG 
Amy Mali Hicks 
IT is an interesting feature of the present Arts and Crafts 
movement, that sundry indvxstries, which flourished in the 
A'dys of our grandmothers, are being revived through its in- 
fluence, and adapted to the conditions of modern craftsman- 
ship. Among them none has lent itself more successfully to 
the rejuvenating process than the "hooked rug". In its 
present guise it quite justifies the popularitj^ it enjoys, and can 
in appearance and bearing qualitj/- well compete with other 
modern rugs. 
1— THE RUG HOOK. 
Yet it is made bj^ a process so simple that it can be easily 
mastered by even an unskilled workman. As the name im- 
plies, the principal implement is the hook (shown in illustration 
No. l). This can be readily made bj^ anj- blacksmith or tool- 
maker from a twopenny steel nail, and afterwards set in a tool 
handle. The only other implement used is the frame (shown in 
illus. No. 2) with its several parts in illus. No. 3. It is nrade of 
No. 2— THE FR.^ME 
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No .3— PARTS OF THE FUAME. 
four strips of pine about two inches in thickness, the longer or 
side pieces being forty inches, the shorter or end pieces eighteen 
inches. These are fitted together so that the pegs in the ends 
of the longer pieces fall in the holes in the ends of the shorter 
pieces. For greater steadiness are added little iron catches, 
which turning on screws hold the pieces snugly in their places. 
Almost as simple as the tools, are the materials used in 
No. 4— THE TEA CHEST I'ATTERN. Designed by AMY MALI HICKS. 
