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KERAMC STUDIO 
DESIGN IN :BOWKNOTS FOR BREAKFAST PLATES 
THESE ribbons form a simple decoration that may be used 
by the beginner. The plate is particularly attractive on 
a breakfast or lunch table of polished mahogony, especially if 
one has blue and white china. 
The design may be used upon a round' plate also. The 
ribbons are first painted in either a dull blue, composed of 
Dark Blue (Lacroix) (not Deep Blue) and a touch of Ruby 
Purple (Dresden) to give it a certain richness. After the firing 
shade in sharp touches of the same, adding the small loops on 
the edge. 
KEY TO DIVIDER 
Isabel May Wightman 
THE haste which characterizes the American people is felt 
in our studios as well as elsewhere, though possibly it 
is not noticed by the casual observer. And the interest on a 
few minutes saved, amounts to a good deal in the course of a 
day. 
To some of us the old way of finding the quarters, thirds, 
etc., of our plates has seemed too slow, so we use the new 
divider which is issued as a supplement to this number of the 
Keramic Studio. 
For studio use we suggest that it be cut out on the outer 
circle and neatly mounted on bristol-board. If it is to be 
hung up, the nearby shoemaker could be induced to put a 
metal eyelet through it at the side where no lines would be 
cut. Exactly in the center a small hole should be cut just 
large enough to admit a small sized lead pencil, or better yet, 
a piece of sharpened lead. 
The china to be measured should be placed in the center 
of the divider (the circles serve as guides) and if it is to be 
quartered, the line numbered sixteen should be found. The 
most prominent lines are marked with arrowheads so one 
would have no difficulty in finding the four desired. Or if 
eight parts are desired, the lines between the first four should 
be marked, and for sixteen a mark should be made at every 
continuous line. 
The dotted, dashed, dot-and-dash, and continuous lines 
have, marked on them, the different numbers of the sections 
into which they divide. In all, a plate may be divided into 2, 
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, io, 12, 14, or 16 parts. 
To find the center of a plate, it should be placed as before 
and divided and all turned upside-down. While it is firmly 
held the pencil or lead should be pushed through the hole in 
the center and the china marked. (Having been rubbed with 
the turpentine and dried). Great care should be taken to hold 
the pencil exactly vertical. 
Perhaps the first impression of this divider is confusing, 
but a little practice soon enables one to handle it deftly and 
so save much time. 
CANDLESTICK DECORATION 
THIS design may be readily used by beginners and may be 
treated in various ways. It will look very well in a 
violet bed room if the small daisies are carried out in the 
violet shades, with stems and leaves in the greens. Or one 
could use the flowers in color (little English daises with pink- 
tips could be used also) and the stems and leaves in paste. 
Or the entire candlestick could be tinted a certain color, 
with the design in white, or colored enamels, or raised gold. 
