ftERAMIC STUDIO 
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MR. ARTHUR W. DOW'S SUMMER SCHOOL AT 
IPSWICH, MASS 
Elizabeth Mason 
MR. Dow's summer school closed on August the 2d, after 
a five weeks' course. That it was a most successful and 
inspiring session was due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Dow, 
in behalf of the workers gathered together. 
In order that the greatest and most practical results might 
be attained, the course of study was very carefully planned 
and in view of the varied interests of the pupils, the plan was 
made a most comprehensive one. 
Fur convenience in working and for purposes of criticism 
the work was generally speaking, classified as Composition and 
Landscape. 
The composition work carries the pupil from the compos- 
ing of straight lines in a space through the composition of 
landscape in line, in two tones, in two tones and one color, to 
one in full color. The work in this class, embraced also the 
sketching of flowers from nature, composing them in spaces, 
and their use as motifs in design. In the landscape class, the 
work was carried on in charcoal, oil and water colors. 
At Mr. Dow's suggestion, designs for various pieces of 
handicraft were submitted for criticism, and toward the end of 
the course, a number of these designs were executed in the 
various materials. As one of the especial stipulations made 
was that no piece should be executed unless the design were 
really fine, the finished collection was a most interesting one. 
It consisted chiefly of brass lanterns made after the manner 
of the old Paul Revere lanterns, brass candle shades, lamp- 
shades and examples of weaving and stencilling. There were 
also some pieces of pottery modeled by various members of 
the class, from clay which they themselves had dug from the 
brooks. These were fired in a little kiln which Mr. Dow had 
near his studio on "Bayberry Hill." 
But in making the pottery, as with the other pieces of 
handicraft, the idea was not so much the making and having 
the piece itself, but rather the application of the principles of 
fine art to things of every-day use ; not the desire to go back 
to the primitive way of doing things, but the wish to inspire 
in the pupils an appreciation of the possibilities of beauty in 
the simplest things, and a realization of the cultural value of 
such work executed in a thoughtful and artistic way. 
In all the work, Mr. Dow met with the most enthusiastic 
co-operation from the students, who tried in every way to 
show their appreciation of the pleasure and benefit derived 
from their summers' study. 
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DESIGN FOR TILE— JEANNETTE KIMBALL 
HIS design is to be simply treated in one or two tones to suit on a white or tinted ground; rather neutral tones are to be 
the room in which it is used. The design to be in one color preferred, such as grayish blue, grayish green, grayish pink, etc. 
