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RERAMIC STUDIO 
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Forms of the Stencil J. C, P. 
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Four forms of M. C. B. and two of K, G. H., suitable for stationery. 
K. H. G. showing last initial large. 
HELPFUL HINTS 
A paper stump, such as is used in charcoal work, is very 
helpful in cleaning out after one has dusted a color in. 
To make a straight line around a cup, vase, or anything 
of the kind try resting the hand with china pencil on boxes or 
books the desired height and turn the piece of china around. 
To keep a gold brush free from dust and separate from 
others, put in a little glass bottle and label. 
Raised paste can be used more successfully on a damp day. 
Lela Chandler 
For putting hquid gold evenly on edges I bind a small 
piece of cotton on the end of a tooth-pick, then dip this in the 
liquid and press along the edge. 
Every study given in the Keramic Studio that will be of 
use to me I develop in water colors. The students can then 
tell if they will like it, and it is much quicker and more econom- 
ical than developing it in china. 
A chiffonier has proved my gi'eatest studio convenience; 
the drawers are just right for different kinds of studies, port- 
folios can stand on top, leaning against the wall, and lie on top 
while looking through them. One grows tired sitting so much 
and it is just the right height to stand while designing, using 
the top as a desk. 
All my conventional designs are made in India ink on 
tracing cloth. Being transparent you can see that the design 
is in the right place for the china beneath, — marks on china 
showing through. Then it is easy to slip your tracing paper 
under; rubber bands will hold it tightly in place, and one trac- 
ing on the cloth will stand for almost countless transfers. A 
bone crochet needle filed to a point makes an ideal tracer. 
Gertrude Gilpin. 
Various forms of W. V. D. 
MONOGRAMS— ALICE E. WOODMAN 
IRON WEED 
Mary Overbeck 
DESIGN for tile. Paint a wide, soft outline around de- 
sign with Grey for Flesh. When about dry dust Violet 
No. 2 into this outline. Clean design and fire. Paint lights 
in flowers with Violet No. 2 and Banding Blue, shadow side 
with Violet No. 2 and Blood Red. Leaves with Brown Green 
and Violet No. 2. The background is washed in with Apple 
Green and Violet No. 2. 
Next firing — Oil tile with Fry's Special Oil and dust with 
Pearl Grey three parts and one part of Apple Green. 
