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RERAMIC STUDIO 
BLOTTING PADS. 
Emily F. Peacock 
T^IIE blotting pads bj' Miss Place and Miss Johnson, 
Pratt Institute, are good examples of simple wood 
carving. Both sides of the pads were left perfectly plain and 
all the wood part finished in the natural color. 
For the centre blotting pad a piece of dark brown Icatlicr 
was tooled in low relief and glued neatly into the space cut out 
for it in the top piece of pad. The wood part was stained a 
dark brown, and given a dull finish. 
FOUR PAPER KNIVES 
Emily F. Peacock 
MAKE the paper k'nrves in copper or brass as described in 
the July number. Then i^ut the hammer marks in 
with a roiuid faced hammer, l^aint in the design and etch the 
background slightly. Color with Chloride of Antimony and 
when this is dry rub gently with a little rouge arid oil. 
NOTES 
" The Gotham Shop of Arts and Crafts " is the tjuaint sign 
of a new firm of crafts workers lately started in Denver, Col. by 
two young women from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Miss 
Genevieve Butler and Miss Mabel Munson, together with 
Harold C. Butler. They will have in the shop 
crafts work and carry on as well the business 
decorating. 
The Guild of Arts and Crafts will hold its sprin: 
at 109 East 23rd street, March 22d to March 26th. 
must be received Idv March 20th. 
all sorts of 
of interior 
g exhibition 
All exhiljits 
COPPER COFFEE POT 
Emily E . Peacock 
TPIE (quaint little copper coffee pot was adapted from one 
surely made by an Oriental. Use Gauge 22 for the 
body part and Gauge 18 for the handle and small pieces con- 
necting the handle with the coffee pot. First cut out the body 
of pot (I^'ig. I), and solder the two straight edges together 
from the inside. This seam comes in the back of the coffee pot. 
Trace on the design Fig. la, and mark it in with a steel point, 
fill the cyhnder shape with cement and put it on the pitch ball. 
Chase the design with a broad tracer, turning the cylinder 
on the pitch bed as each part of the design is finished. In the 
front part of the coffee pot drill the holes for the strainer 
as indicated. Cut out the spout, and solder the two edges 
together down to the dotted line (Fig. 2). Shape the bottom 
part of the spout l)y beating it on a block of wood slightly 
hollow. When in proper shape, fit it over the centre where the 
holes are drilled, and solder the spout in place. Cut a disc of 
copper for the bottom of the coffee pot, so that it fits very well 
just about i of an inch from the bottom, solder this in. Tbc 
ledge for the lid (Fig. 5) is also a disc with the centre cut out. 
Fit and solder this into the coffee pot about half an inch from 
the top. Then the lid (Fig. 7) is fitted on the ledge, and a 
large flat headed rivet, filed into shape and soldered on head 
down, makes a good knob (Fig. 6). 
The small pieces that connect the handle with the coft'ee 
pot (Fig. 3) are cut and shaped, then soldered on the front and 
back of the coffee pot, the handle (Fig. 4) being riveted to 
these. 
The coffee pot must be silver plated or tinned inside before 
it is used. 
