KERAMIC STUDIO 
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JAPANESE ANEMONES 
Genevieve Leonard 
THE Japanese Anemone seems best adapted to something 
tall and slender. I would suggest a background of grey, 
made of equal parts of warm and tender Grey. The flowers 
being white should be left out and afterwards shaded with 
light grey, with a little Aufsetzweis (or relief white), on the 
high lights. The center of the flower is a light green and 
the stamens are a bright yellow ; the stems and leaves are 
quite a dark bluish green, the buds a lighter and more yellow- 
ish green. 
LUSTRES 
Steel BLUE, used alone, is one of the most striking colors 
we have. Painted on with a large square shader full of 
lustre and allowed to run thick and thin as it will, it gives a 
beautiful iridescent effect, being peacock blue and green 
where it is thick and ruby where thin. Padded, it is a steel 
blue grey with pinkish lights, and makes a good background 
for decorative flowers. This is still more effective as a back- 
ground when it has light or dark green painted over it for the 
second fire. With yellow over it for the second fire, it has 
the effect of oxydized silver. 
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DECORATION FOR PITCHER 
THIS is a very quaint shape and may be decorated in various 
ways. We give the decoration in the French style, 
which will be found very dainty and graceful. The two 
stripes are raised in the china, so we adapt the design to 
what is given. 
Draw the lines on either side of the raised stripes, and 
then the oblong figures running down the center of them- 
These are to be Turquoise Blue enamel, surrounded by 
fine paste dots (beading). The darkest part of the stripe 
is Gold. Turquoise enamel dots, surrounded by raised Gold 
beading, ornament the bottom, top and handles. Directions 
for the little roses have been given. 
For this same shape you may also use some of those 
beautiful Chinese bands which we gave in the August and 
September numbers, and instead of the garlands of roses use 
the stiff Chinese ornament, — you will then have a most attrac- 
tive pitcher. This same design may be carried out in different 
colors in the stripes, or you may have the entire design in 
raised gold. It will also be charming in green lustre, with the 
garlands all in colored enamels. 
