KERAMIC STUDIO 
another to adapt it pleasingly from a dec- 
orative standpoint, although no plant 
lends itself more readily in following out- 
lines or filling in spaces. However, as 
long as you have retained its first char- 
acteristic, you will be safe in allowing a 
certain license in its further application, 
both in arrangement and color. 
The black and white drawings show 
some of the many ways in which the 
arbutus can be applied pleasingly. First, 
in a simply natural arrangement, with 
the delicate, pale flowers in the cluster 
thrown out by deeper ones beneath, and 
the whole softened by shadowy sugges- 
tions of those which are almost lost in 
the background. A similar suggestion is 
shown in connection with a deep ground, 
so that the flowers and leaves cut directly 
into the dark tint. It is very effective 
when carried out on a chocolate or tea- 
set, with deep green, Roman purple or 
Copenhagen blue dusted on for the bor- 
der. Another way shows the flower in 
festoons. This, with tiny gold or enamel 
lines and spirals alternating, makes a 
most dainty decoration for cups or small 
vases. The two borders are semi-conven- 
tional in treatment, and can be developed 
in various ways. With a deep color or 
flat gold back ground and with enamel spar- 
ingly used to accentuate the pattern ; or a very 
rich effect can be gained by etching with acid, 
and covering solidly with gold or other metal. 
But simplest of all for the beginner is the 
monochrome effect, using a single light green 
or red or blue and strengthening with deeper 
touches of the same color. The little pitcher 
shows an arrangement in panel form, framed 
with raised paste or enamel dots, which can 
be elaborated as much more as the worker 
chooses. 
These adaptations can be varied to infini- 
tude, with each time, a pleasing result. In 
making use of the black and white suggestions 
do not try to adhere to them closely, but let 
your rendering suggest another and different 
one. Use with it bits of the wood things 
which chance to grow near it in different 
climates— in the north, ground pine; in the 
south, the many hued gaelix leaves or the 
various fern fronds. 
You will soon find that by beginning with 
a tiny thing, and making the most of it, pres- 
ently you will have a great thing at your com- 
mand. 
The word "Keramic" is from the Greek 
Keramos, derived from Keras, a horn. The 
first drinking vessels were made from the 
horns of animals and the first designs of the 
potter were naturally copied from these shapes. 
