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Keramic studio (1899)

Leonard, Anna B, Robineau, Adelaide Alsop, 1865?-1929 · Syracuse, N.Y. [etc.] : Keramic Studio Publishing Co · leaf 97

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The best ink is the Japanese. This must be ground on anink stone or a piece of china. To grind it, place a few dropsof water on the ink stone and rub the ink on the stone untilintense blackness results. Always dry the stick of ink at once.Allowing it to soak will cause it to crumble to pieces.… … The jcompass is needed for drawing circles and arcs ofcircles. To use it, hold the hinge between the first threefingers, fix the point in the paper, and open the compass toone-half the desired diameter. Trace a circle upon the paperby turning the pencil with a circular twist of the fingers,…

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