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RERAMIC STUDIO 
POTTERY FASHIONED AND GLAZED BY MARSHAL FRY. 
The course comprised the preparation of clay from any 
convenient piece of ground. A quantity was dug from the 
hillside at Alfred and prepared by the students, who then 
wrought it into the forms prescribed by the daily problems 
set forth. Methods of teaching the work to young children 
were fully set forth and a well sustained interest was manifest. 
The clays compounded for use at Alfred have the import- 
ant advantage of burning at the same heat as the glazes, so 
that no time is lost in firing separate kilns for glaze and bisque 
but both are burned in the same kiln at the same time. 
Glaze work is a strong feature. The clear glazes used are 
bright and luminous, but they were for the most part discarded 
in favor of the beautiful matt, or as the Professor prefers to 
call them, "texture" glazes. This name is found to be most 
appropriate when the surface of the piece is touched. There 
is a subtile silky texture which delights the connoisseur and 
satisfies the most exacting. 
The method of work is not to put ready made glazes into 
the hands of the students, but to encourage them to compose 
their own. Some of the most original effects have been pro- 
duced in this manner and the interest awakened was propor- 
tionately great. 
A comparison between the results of water-flow and fire- 
flow was full of possibilities. In the former the flow is ac- 
complished when the glazes are wet; in the latter the second 
glaze is applied after the first is dry, and the union is accom- 
plished by the fire. An examination of the illustrations will 
show that a Japanese motive pre- 
vailed in much of the work. This 
appeals to the artistic mind as 
being peculiarly adaptable to pot- 
tery and the results fully justify 
the belief. In point of fact, the 
Japanese potters found the same 
fascination as the artist-potter of 
to-day is finding, and, naturally, 
the lines run close together. As 
examples of this spirit the two 
small pieces in Fig. 9 may be cited. 
These are both wheel-made and 
in -form and quality are truly 
Japanesque. 
In order that there might be 
a full understanding of principles 
and that the work should not be 
blindly undertaken the Director 
delivered a series of eight lectures 
on ceramic technology. These 
were made perfectly simple even 
to those who had no knowledge 
of chemical science, and comprised 
the following subjects: 
Clays and their preparation, principles of glazing, raw 
glazes (2), fritt glazes, matt glazes, historic methods, modern 
methods. 
Professor Binns frequently made good his assertion that 
Alfred has no secrets. His note books were open to students 
at all times and continual helps and hints were given to those 
who wished to work out their own ceramics, 
e Glazed by Mary Chase Perry. 
PATE-SUR-PATE VASE-BY OLIVE SHERMAN. 
IN THE NORMAL CLASS ..ROOM, 
