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I1ERAMIC STUDIO 
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All designs for Pyrography should be s 
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PYROGRAPHY 
nt to Miss K. Liven 
inquiries in the Mag 
■e, 1010 Chapel St., New Haven, Ct.. who has 
DESIGN TREATMENT 
Katherin Livermore 
This is an extremely conventional treatment of the ragged tulip. Burn as repre- 
sented, first outlining the flowers, then burn each portion of the leaf forms with 
one sweep of the point if possible. The stippled background may be omitted if 
desired. 
This design may be enlarged several times and colors used in the treatment ; in 
this case the leaves should be simply outlined, then stamped a grey green — flowers 
a dull red. 
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PYROGRAPHY 
Maude Crigler-A nderson 
IF you will but look about you it is an easy matter to find many decorative ideas 
which may be readily adapted to wood. This is especially true if one is able to 
paint well or even to do simple staining in a broad poster style, which is quite the 
correct handling for panels in walls and furniture. Many beautiful pieces, especially 
cabinets of all styles call for these decorative panels. I have found such articles 
very high priced when made to order by either the regular furniture houses or cab- 
inet makers, even when some cheap wood is used ; however, it is possible to avoid 
this in the following manner : Select for example a music cabinet in some cheap 
wood, but of desirable shape and containing panels which can be removed. Order 
this sent from the factory without finish which leaves the finishing and staining to 
your personal taste. Remove the panels and in their place insert those you have 
decorated on bass wood. 
I have in mind a studio containing many handsome pieces of furniture in ebony 
— to all appearances high priced articles. These, I was informed by the artist her- 
self, were once cheap pieces, the finish removed with alcohol, the wood scraped and 
sandpapered until very smooth, then stained with simple black shoe polish and finally 
waxed and polished, and behold things of beauty at slight expense, and the greater 
part of the labor could have been saved if these articles had been bought without finish. 
Another Pyrographer has set in the ebony walls of a tea corner, panels of quaint 
little Chinese boys and girls, enlarged copies of the water colors by E. Hunt which 
can be obtained from any large art house at two dollars each. 
These were first outlined upon the wood, then given a coat of shellac and alco- 
hol to prevent the sinking of colors, then painted in oils in a broad way. The back- 
grounds for these queer little people were suggestive of palms, bamboo hangings, 
screens and lanterns. These grounds were entirely in wood burning with the excep- 
tion of occasional faint coloring in the lanterns to suggest candle light. 
The same subjects are very striking when framed in wide ebony frames, the 
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