KERAMIC STUDIO 
PYROGRAPHY 
All designs for Pyrography should be sent to Miss K. Livermore, 1010 Chapel St., 
New Haven, Ct.. who has charge of this department and will answer inquiries in the 
Magazine. 
OAK LEAVES-DESIGN TREATMENT 
Ka titer in Livermore 
THIS design would be very effective on shirt waist boxes, shoe 
boxes, &c, where an all over design is required. First out- 
line the design, then carve out the background slightly, leaving the 
ornament in low relief. It will then be necessary to strengthen 
the outlines. Then form the background before attempting to 
shade the leaves. The shading should always come last in every 
design. 
The carved articles must be very carefully waxed and brushed 
out or the wax will harden in the indentations and form white 
specks. The easiest way to remove these, if such a thing happens, 
is with a hot point. 
If preferred, the article may be sketched, using white shellac, 
and, when dry, rubbed down with a stiff brush. This will give it 
the dull tone required. 
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MIRROR AND BRUSH BACKS (Page 87.) 
KatJierin Livermore 
THESE designs are so simple that they hardly require a treatment, 
the beauty of them being in the strong, careful outlines; the 
stippling and cross-hatching explain themselves. Two suggestions 
for brush backs are given ; the wave line background in one is 
simply a series of outlines following the general sweep of the de- 
sign ; but, the others are much improved by soft dull tones, so 
dull, in fact, that they tone into the browns of the wood and are 
hardly distinguishable. 
The harmony of the subdued greens and browns and reds in 
a set just completed, is charming. Bright colors are decidedly ob- 
jectionable and should never be employed. Wax and polish in the 
usual manner. 
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JEWELED WOOD— PAINTED WOOD 
Maude Crigler-A nderson 
MOST of you are familiar with the glass jewels used in the deco- 
ration of glass and china. Has it ever occurred to you they 
can add materially to the appearance of decorated wood? They 
can be purchased by the gross or dozen in all colors, sizes and 
shapes, either cut or plain. Many fine oriental heads, such as those 
after Mucha, are especially good for this style of decoration on ac- 
count of the abundance of jeweled ornaments used upon them. 
Execute one of these heads in the following manner and I am sure 
you will be amply repaid for your time and trouble, and have as 
well an article for which there is ready sale. 
Sketch upon a large circle a head with many ornaments and 
