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This durable cloth-bound binder is green in color and has "Ceramics Monthly" stamped in gold leaf on the front cover and backbone for immediate identification. A steel blade holds each copy in Order Now! Price $3.50 place. New issues are quickly and (Ohio Residents add 1 I c Sales Tax) easily inserted. Each issue will remain neat and fresh protected by the high we pay postage send check or money order to CERAMICS MONTHLY 3494 N. High St. Columbus 14, Ohio KAL • FOR THE CERAMIC HOBBYIST • KEEP YOUR HEALTH. NO MORE SPRAY DUST ON FLOOR HELPS ELIMINATE TOXI CATION OR WOODWORK; JUST SPRAY WHICH IS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH. IN BOOTH, THE FAN AND FILTER MORE BEAUTIFUL DOLLS BY DO THE REST. SPRAY METHOD. USE GLAZE DUST OVER/ TRULY A BEAUT/FUL BAKED BOOTH CAN BE FOLDED FOR ON ENAMELED F/NISH. STORAGE . STURDY WELDED CONSTRUCTION HAS POWERFUL 110 V. A.C. 6O CY. OF 22 GA. STEEL. MOTOR AND 10'' FAN BLADE NO OUTSIDE PIPE VENT EXTRA FILTERS ARE STANDARD NECESSARY. AND CAN BE BOUGHT FROM HAS 200 SO. 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In the minds of the an adventure into publishers there was no doubt that an obvious need did unusual pattern effects exist. Well, almost no doubt. There were occasions when they wondered if their own enthusiasm made a spark look like a bonfire; however, when CM was put to the test, Pemco Fleckel Pasgobes have the intestinal butterflies were stilled. The initial response tiny specks of real color mixed exceeded expectations and the subscription list has grown into the pastel shades . steadily ever since. Renewals and new subscriptions have color that stays in suspension kept the mailing list well above the 10,000 mark. And . keeps its pin-dot formation CM not only reaches each of the forty-eight states, it goes without flowing. Permits you to twenty-eight countries outside our own territorial limits, including such distant places as Burma, Hong Kong, to put a pattern on figurines, South Africa, Turkey, New Zealand, Israel. vases, ashtrays and similar ware — on clearly defined ". All walks . ."? Could a single publication serve the many ceramic interests? Encouraging letters areas. from hobbyists, teachers, students, therapists, artists and craftsmen indicate that CM does fill the bill. Six Pemco Fleckel Pasgobes If we needed any reassurance, this pause to reflect are available — Pink, with would have reassured us that the idea for a magazine maroon specks; Yellow, with like Ceramics Monthly was well grounded. And the re- brown specks; Pastel Green, view of recent letters from subscribers (a quick sampling with dark green specks; Light appears in the "Letters" department on page 4) re- Blue, with dark blue specks; minded us that one must not spend too much time day- Tan, with brown specks; Gray, dreaming. Improvements will be made constantly, until with black specks. we come closer to pleasing all of the people all of the time. In fact, with our January 1955 issue, we will bring Unusual — artistic — individ- you a modified format and enlarged scope. We hope you will be pleasantly surprised. ual! If your dealer does not carry Fleckel Pasgobes, send With best wishes for the Holiday Season from our staff and associates, us his name. Yours cordially, POTTtKY AKTS DIVISION CORPORATION BALTIMORE 24, MD. Manufacturer of a world-famous line of glazes, colors and supplies fo" the ceramic industry. CERAMICS MONTHLY PARAGONKILNS for every Purpose Volume 2, Number 12 DECEMBER • 1954 for every Purse 50 cents per copy for Immediate Delivery! in this issue Paragon PERFORM- ANCE - PROVEN de- A Letter from the Editor .............................. 2 signs have been used Letters .......... 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First Prize Winner (1911) ......................... 22 Marbleizing Liquid .............................. 24 Switch Control of all parts of the kiln with Press Molds .................................... 25 any type of firing. Fire your kiln fast or Art Glazing .................................... 26 slowly according to the heat rise which is best for the ware in the kiln. Eliminate Enameling Trivet ................................ 26 Thermal Shock. Throwing Tips ........................... Tom Sellers 29 State Directory: Where to Buy Supplies ................. 31 1 Year Factory Guarantee on All Paragon MORE about the Syracuse Show ...................... 33 Kilns is backed by a nation-wide dealer organ- ization for your complete satisfaction in any Advertisers Index ................................... 33 locality. Large Stocks of: Craftool Potter's Wheels & Tools; Wold Airbrushes; Paasche Airbrushes; Compressors; Atlas Spray Units; Kiln Furniture; Orton Cones. Editor: Louis G. 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Subscription price in U.S.A. and Possessions: one year, $4; two years, $7; three years, $9. Canada and Pan America, 50 cents a year additional: foreign, add $1 a year. Current issues, 50c; back issues, 60c. PARAGONINDUSTRIES Subscriptions, and advertising and editorial correspondence, should be sent to the editorial offices at 3494 N. High St., Columbus 14, Ohio. P. O. Box 4654 . Dallas 6, Texas Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Athens, Ohio, as granted under Authority o~ the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1954 by Professional Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. letters Reader Reactions as Gentlemen: CM Concludes Second Year . We have decided to quit putting it off and write you immediately to say that Gentlemen: never before have we heard explained the ... I have depended on CM for my basis of design [Decorating Lessons] in "lessons." The instructions are easily fol- such clear, clean-cut terms. Universities lowed; the step-by-step photos, priceless. would do well to incorporate these articles Many thanks ... I have been able to in- into their art design classes as well as Every Clever Mud Hen corporate the know-how acquired from CM ceramic classes. in my work caring for the mentally ill. We personally intend to use them in our is Asking Santa for RAYMOND DOTY adult drawing and oil painting classes. We Valhalla, N. Y. think the September article especially will help tremendously in getting across, as you Gentlemen: put it, the "middle-of-the-road" idea and . Thanks for such a fine magasine with open up picture composition which is the VELVA-PLY an atmosphere of art and helpful sugges- stickler in such courses. Needless to say we tions to the hobbyist . will use it in our ceramic classes too.