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RERAMIC STUDIO 
BIRD DESIGN FOR VASE 
Edith Alma Ross 
THE top of the vase is tinted a dark blue fading through 
medium blue to cream color at base. The lotus buds 
stems, leaves, and the bands which cross them and surround 
the medallion are of gold outlined with dark blue. The 
background of the medallion is yellowish cream, darker at the 
base and greenish in tinge at the top where it is lighter. 
The birds are a medium blue of the same shade as the 
vase proper and gradually grow greenish in tint toward the 
top. The outlines and markings on the birds are a dark blue. 
Other treatments may be used. 
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STUDIO NOTE 
An interesting exhibition of the worl^: of Mr. Fraiiz A. 
Bischoff was held this month at the art rooms of ilessrs. A. 
B. Closson & Sons, Cincinnati, O. 
JAPANESE PORCELAIN 
Small pieces of Japanese porcelains come in fine ware, 
most attractive decorations and at absurdly low prices, 
when one considers the time and work put into its making. 
A Japanese dish is made in a village home. All the ridges on 
the side and bottom are made with the thuuib. The desigu 
and colorings show the handiwork of the true artist, while the 
dish is finalty fired at a heat of l,ooo degrees. So it is laoth 
beautiful, and as near indestructible as any porcelain can l^c. 
On this account, the apostle of the household art. Miss Both 
Hendrilcsen, advocates its more general use, even in domestic 
purposes on the cook stove. "There is no reason," she says, 
"why almost anything cannot be cooked in such ware. You 
cannot put it directly on a red hot stove when it is cold witli- 
out its cracking, but you could not do that with anything. If 
the dish is heated first with warm water it can be used for 
poaching eggs, scrambling or sauteeing, then carried direct to 
the table, with a saving of work and a direct advantage to the 
viands served." With a few such pretty dishes and only an 
alcohol stove or lamp for heating, a girl could live verj^ com- 
fortably and much more satisfactorily than go to some cheap, 
malodorous restaurant. Very pretty plates, bowls and 
pitchers can often Ise purchased as low as ten cents a piece. 
TREATMENT FOR LONG LEAVED PLANTAIN 
Mary V . Thayer 
' j TIE coloring of the long leaved plantain commends itself 
1 but little to our notice. Its beauty lies in the graceful 
curves of the leaf and slender stalks. The head is noticeable 
high above the grass of the lawn ancUthe feathery white tassels 
are stirred with every breath. The leaves lie close to the 
ground and each plant is a rosette made up of their many edges 
and tapering forms. The color is a dark dull green relieved by 
the strong white parallel veins which show on both sides of 
the leaf. The stalks too are green and the heads a darlv 
purplish brown which becomes nearty black, with the stamens 
white, hung on the slenderest of white threads. 
The design is suited to a tall form and may be worked out 
in browns and greens with the dark background as indicated 
or the heads may lie against a lighter tint which contrasts with 
the heavy base color. 
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TREATMENT FOR CHINESE PLATE— Supplement 
Mabel C. Dibble 
FIRST make the six red circles and gold edge and fire, then 
the outlining can be more carefully done. Use Capucine 
Red, two parts, to one part Deep Red Brown, for lines and all 
red on plate. Also lav in all the gold, a light wash only, for 
this second firing. 
To prepare work for third and last fire, strengthen all red 
outlines, go over the gold work carefulh^, then lay in Green 
Enamel, Apple Green, Yellow for mixing and Brown Cireen 
No. 6 — all La Croix colors — add one-fourth Aufsetzweiss. 
For the flowers, lay in White Enamel first, one part Hancock's 
hard white enamel, to two parts Aufseztweiss, and before it 
dries lay in the red, dragging the color into the white, and 
when dry strengthen the red at base of petals, or the white 
enamel will weaken the color too much. 
The plate can be painted in two firings, but the three will 
give a more perfect and finished effect. 
