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KERAMIC STUDIO 
ALBERT W. HECKMAN 
Strong Thornton, Frances Wilcox and Charlotte Palmero also 
contributed decorative pieces. 
A large glass case stood in the main corridor outside of 
the exhibition room which contained some excellent examples 
of Clara Wakeman's delightful and colorful orange lustre ware. 
Miss Elizabeth Cary, writing of this exhibition for the 
New York Times, has described it as the last word in the Art of 
Exhibition. The large daily attendance, general interest 
which it has attracted, and the luring back to the "ranks" of 
several excellent keramic workers who had felt the restraint 
and lack of development of the old order, all testifies to its 
general appreciation and its permanent contribution to Keramic 
Art in this country. 
TABLE DECORATION 
Jetta Elders 
THERE are probably few women who do not love the mere 
touch of fine table linen. Perhaps some ancestress of 
old, who spun and wove and bore in her heart the joy of her 
craft, has passed the love of it on to us. There is some subtle 
fascination which wakes at its touch, and few women there be 
who do not respond to it. It has come gradually to ceramists, 
that their field has been a very restricted one. With this rea- 
lization has come the desire to reach out for something broader. 
The most natural step was in the direction of interior decora- 
tion, especially that branch of it which serves as a background 
to ceramics, in which the question of proper table linen looms 
large. A great field has opened up along this line, and a fresh 
impetus given to many workers who have been quick to grasp 
the opportunity thus offered. The immediate and enthusias- 
tic recognition of this movement as a splendid step forward, 
on the part of interior decoration and architects, has great 
significance. 
This problem of the proper relation of ceramics and table 
decoration, has been worked out in some of the most fascinat- 
ing ways. After one recovers from the first shock of seeing 
colored linens used on the table, the idea grows on one. 
The possibilities are simply unlimited, and it can easily be 
seen that the "individual" note is quickly sounded. Perhaps 
the first obstacle the average worker will run up against, will 
be the amount of time required in doing the needlework neces- 
sary in working out these schemes. And also the lack of time 
is a serious handicap. The thought uppermost in planning 
must be that of simplicity. If a design is so elaborate as to 
prove a burden before the pieces are completed, don't do it. 
One would probably hate it before it was done, and never be 
happy with it after. On the other hand, a design that can 
be carried through without weariness, has a joy about it which 
grows in the making, and will always have that spirit about it. 
CELADON CHINA WITH PINK MOTIF— MRS. FREEMAN 
