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KERAMIC STUDIO 
of some style, such as the "Art Nouveau". The first plate 
design is somewhat in that style. 
It is usually more satisfying to elaborate upon but one 
motif in one design. If two different flowers are used, take 
special care that they harmonize. Do not, for instance, com- 
bine the Potato and the Rose. Keep in mind always purity 
of design. You can combine the flowers of two garden vege- 
tables, two water plants, two hot house flowers, two wild or 
two garden flowers. See always that the combined elements 
in your design harmonize in sentiment as well as in line. The 
simpler you keep your design, both in form and number of 
original elements, the better^it will be. 
Another point is to keep your design all one style, i. e., 
do not mix up Art Nouveau and Rococo, Chinese and Louis 
Quinze, Empire and American Indian, and when it comes to 
the individual treatment of the motif, do not use several dif- 
ferent treatments in one design, for instance, if you decide to 
give the stencil effect, with outlines white, or the color of the 
background as in the third cup and saucer design, do not com- 
bine with it any form which could not be treated in the same 
way. Do not combine a conventionalized and a naturalistic 
form, and never use Rococo scrolls under any circumstances, 
they are meaningless and used only by those who have no 
other idea in their head. 
DESIGN FOR VASE—CONVENTIONALIZED "WIDOW'S TEARS"— CORA WRIGHT 
Dotted portion, Grounding Green dusted; Leaves, stems and buds, Light Green lustre; Flowers and tips of buds, Violet 
lustre; Black portion, Gold. Outline everything with black. Vase to be divided into six sections. 
