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KERAMIC STUDIO 
who do nothing but paste letters on beer mugs, day in and 
day out. 
Thayer & Chandler have a stock of china, as well as their 
artist materials, some of the good things that we used to find 
at the Western Decorating Works. How all the strangers 
miss that place, and the kindly interest that Mr. Grunewald 
took in each one of us. No one seems to have taken his 
place here. 
Mr. Reeves has an interesting store, where he keeps artist 
materials and kindergarten supplies. There were some nice 
black frames there, very suitable for framing porcelain tiles. 
Fruit or monochrome decorations look well framed in black. 
Altogether there is much being done here in keramics, 
the teachers have attractive studios, and all seem busy. The 
Auditorium Tower or Marshall Field building -seems the fa- 
vorite location for the studios. But there are no studio 
apartments as in New York, where most of the artists have 
their studios and living rooms combined into a most attractive 
home and work shop. The majority of the New York artists 
adopt that plan, but I know of no other city that has the same 
studio life, which seems so fascinating to strangers. 
Mr. Aulich has his studio in his beautiful home, devoting 
the whole lower floor to his work. Living a distance from 
the business center does not seem to diminish the number of 
his pupils. His water color studies are equally as instructive 
and interesting as his work on china. Nearly all of the Chi- 
cago artists make their own water color studies, — one medium 
assists the other,— and it is better to make studies from nature 
in water colors first, then adapt them to china. 
TREATMENT OF CUP AND SAUCER 
Anna B. Leonard 
THE dark band at the top of the cup, and the band in the 
edge of the saucer can be painted in Turquoise Blue (a 
combination of Deep Blue Green and Night Green) and should 
have a gold finish on each side of the band — either in raised 
Gold beading or a flat Gold line. The handle can be either 
the Turquoise color, or Gold. In this same number a treat- 
ment of the miniature roses may be found. 
The circles of jewels are made of enamel dots (colored 
with the Turquoise tinting which is used in the bands) and 
should be inserted in a small setting of raised Gold dots, very 
neatly and carefully made. 
This is an after dinner coffee cup, and a different color 
may be used in the bands— Dark Green is very attractive, so 
also is the Rich Maroon, but be sure to choose a color that 
harmonizes with the roses, or else paint another little flower 
instead. Yellow bands, with yellow roses make an interest- 
ing decoration. In that case color the enamel Yellow (Silver 
Yellow) or use it plain White. 
TREATMENT OF PLATE DESIGN 
A, G. Marshall 
EDGE raised in paste to give a heavy rim effect. The upper 
shaded part of design in Violet, the lower shaded part 
in Pearl Grey. Light part of design in Canary or Jonquil 
Yellow. Outline the design in flat Gold. The scroll work in 
raised Gold, also settings for jewels, the latter to be turquoise, 
the largest ones about half the size of the drawing. 
