I1ERAMIC studio 
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SOME ALFRED POTTERY. 
WORK OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL AT ALFRED 
DURING the two years of the summer school at Alfred the 
work has been many-sided. Based upon sound theory 
and beginning with the preparation of clays and glazes, the 
whole field of ceramic art has been laid open to students. 
This year the instruction in overglaze painting and decoration 
has again been in the hands of Mr. Marshal Fry and Mrs. 
Kathryn E. Cherry, while Mrs. Fanny Rowell and Mrs. Cora 
E. Whitmore were added to the staff. Drawing and design 
were undertaken by Miss Tourtelotte and the technical de- 
partments were in the hands of Professor Binns and his able 
assistants. 
and within a few hours a body was provided of a soft gray 
color which proved entirely harmonious and satisfactory. As 
each kiln was drawn new possibilities were opened. One 
result suggested a new effect; another a new combination of 
colors, until as the time drew near for closing, it was felt that 
the interest had, comparatively speaking, only just begun. 
In the formation of clay wares every method is used at 
Alfred. Casting, avowedly an unsatisfactory means, enables 
the tyro to produce fine forms with the minimum of technical 
skill. Here is the wheel for those who can use it. This was 
more in demand than ever and was rarely allowed to rest. 
Some good pieces were " thrown," — quite as good as could be 
expected in so short a time, but the success of the year in clay 
was the method known as fashioning, coiling or building. By 
VASES BUILT BY MARSHAL PRY. 
ALPRED TEXTURE GLAZES. 
From the beginning it has been evident that the strength 
of the school at Alfred lies in the resources open to those who 
desire to work in clay and glaze. Other schools can teach 
overglaze, but the facilities open at Alfred for scientific and 
artistic work upon true pottery lines are no where excelled or 
even equalled. The school offers every facility of the factory 
with the spirit of the laboratory and the studio. A single 
illustration will suffice. Upon drawing the first kiln it struck 
some of the more artistic spirits that the white body upon 
which the glazing was being carried out was too glaring and 
obvious; that there was a lack of harmony between the color 
of body and glaze. The matter was taken upby the Director 
this means the worker constructs or builds the clay pieces by 
hand alone. No wheel is used and modeling tools but rarely. 
So full of interest is this work that it completely holds the 
field against the use of moulds and almost, by reason of less 
necessity for practice, against wheel work. A glance at the 
illustrations will demonstrate this. The work by Mr. Fry and 
Miss Chase and also that by the Normal class is fashioned in 
this way and in the last instance many of the students were 
quite new to the work. 
The Normal department is a new departure and arose out 
of the demand for clay-working in the public schools. Prof- 
essor Binns states that for some months he has been in corres- 
pondence with teachers all over the country upon this subject 
and the establishment of this class at Alfred is the result. 
IC'llLh'i.l-tJiLT A3SLLGLAZED BY EMMA S. L. CH&£E.g 
