Show ARTISTIC INGENUITY I r CUTS ART OF MAKING SOMETHING I OUT OF NOTHING f 21 Boltoa Jones I Reginald Cleveland Coxo and Oilier VeIl Known 2 Artists MjLkc Suggestions of Practical Prac-tical Interest to Houselreeyers j The next time an artist of your acquaintance ac-quaintance says Sly studio is open to the public on such and such an after noon come round and see me take F t ihim at his word and also take particular t particu-lar note of the furnishings of < this p 1 lace It will pay because artists as jf a I rule are well up jn the fine art of making something out of nothingnot necessarily oecaute it is cheap but because j be-cause of two pieces of decorative fur f nluira of equal beauty the one that j 1 Cost the least is in the better taste I j Cheap Vadnseotins j The studios of Messrs H Bohon t Jones pJid Frank Jones in New York I are suggestive examples of artistic independence t in-dependence and selfreMance and not a little of the beauty there could be I l copied without expert skill One of the I I most attractive features of these apart L ments is the wainscotting which looks as if it must have cost a prodigious stance looks as if It were expensive but it was made of white pine carved 1 at odd moments and stained dark It I 6s not heavy work and does not require re-quire training All you have to ilo is to get a simple design somewhere trace it on the wood and then gouge it out with two or three tools that you can get at a hardware store for some 20 cents apiece A pen knife was T nat we used mostly It is not hard work and there are many women who would Ji oover to their great surprise maybe fa J r i JA f that they could succeed with admirably admir-ably A Canopied Corner Reginald Cleveland Coxe says he can work better in a studio devoted wholly to business but he has made one concession con-cession for the comfort of his callers It is a canopied divan that has an appearance ap-pearance of oriental sumptuousness As nearly as Mr Coxe remembers it cost I 314 possibly 317 he isnt quite sure Anyway it is so comfortable that it i tempts the caller to stay longer than he should The foundation of this work of art is a models platform three Inches high on rollers which was worked into the anatomy of the divan chiefly to get it out of the way and because it happened to be the right ength and width Two mattresses made just wide enough for a cot were put on ic and another set on edge to make a comfortable back The whole was blanketed in old gold and then three sofa pillows were thrown at it The wall behind the divan is draped with cloth of Japanese design and leathery texture Mr Coxe said he I coudnt for the life of him remember I the name of it but that any woman of I good taste could find something else that would do just as well The cost of the canopy us not included I in-cluded in the cost of the divan because I be-cause the Bagdad portiere of which it Is made cost 52 or S3 at a rug auction and would cost more if bought in a store It is spread on pine strips suspended sus-pended from the wall by strings That is all there is to it and it is much nore worthy of a parlor than some 01 i I t v ff f tf V f j i i S7SV4 > RHV J > If to j aafrt Vr r B f TIL1rTiiI I flFT111I 1 v p 1 i I i jj VL lf fk 00 l Vc CHEAP WAIXSCOTEVG I Bum but it didnt It consists chiefly of panels of white pine half an inch Thick a foot wide and some three feet high Designs have been moulded ont on-t these panels in plain everyday putty and then the whole has been garnished with gold paint or bronze powder The panels across the end of one room are nothing in the world but old tCiashioned solid window shutters bought for a song of a dealer in secondhand sec-ondhand building materials though one would never suspect it now They were painted white and a delicate wreath design in putty was worked on < the upper portion of each panel and oI then gilded The upper portion of alternate al-ternate panels in another room has ibeen replaced with plaster of Paris in plaques that have been cast from designs f de-signs modeled in wax The putty work is within the reach of everybody having sufficient patience and a certain amount of natural skill and the Messrs Jones seem to think a woman could even mold designs in i wax and make casts from them without t with-out especial training in such work I I Patty and Plaster Designs l The designs for either putty or plaster I plas-ter can be found In infinite variety at I the art galleries in the homes of I friends or In public buildings They I are copied on paper then traced on the I wood and afterward the putty is pinched and squeezed and cut and squirmed and wriggled into shape over the design It is refractory stuff at first but becomes tractable enough after one gets used to it The Messrs Jones use a homemade putty Consisting consist-ing of gilders whiting and boiled linseed I lin-seed oil It dries quicker than the ordinary or-dinary putty Inexpensive Carving Beautifully carved cabinets lre among the other decorations of the Jones studio that might be copied I believe said Mr H Bolton Jones that women could do this work easily That cabinet up in the corner for in 4 1 = S A THREE DOUAR CORNER the stuffy uncomfortable sofas that cost anywhere from 10 to 40 I A FIn > k and Cork Chandelier j I I It were better to admire than to try to imitate one of the most striking decorations of Mr Walter Satterlees studio for it is a chandelier made of modern hoops and corks and flasks I I I L g I 11 l S I A STUDIO CKAXBEMEK I Many of the other trappings of the place are rare relics of travel but the draperies of the walls contain an available suggestion They consist almost al-most entirely of priests robes in dull red tones and harmonious trimmings They have been ripped at the seams and resewn out of semblance to their former shape The walls of two of the rooms in Mr Satterlees living apartments apart-ments are entirely covered with these rich draperies many of which were picked up at secondhand and at comparatively I com-paratively small cost A Mexican bridle has been transformed by Mr I I Satterlee into a curious decoration for I a lamp shade and a number of the I small brass ornaments used on Eng Jish harness have been made to do duty most acceptably in decorating the lambrequin of a mantel j II A Practical Dragon i I One of the happiest suggestions comes from Frank Ver Beck whose i funloving animals birds and insects I can crack a joke that you can hear through the covers of the books he has illustrated He drew a squirming dragon perhaps a foot long from the tip of the tongue to the nethermost curl of his tail laid the drawing on cardboard and then cut out the figure with a sharp knife leaving what served admirably ncr a stencil Two portieres of jute bagging were stenciled sten-ciled by means of water color paint a shade or so darker than the bagging the little dragons being about a foot apart in each direction The result was an uncommonly striking and attractive attrac-tive pair of portieres Blue jeans has also been lifted from its humble station in life as the staple material for overalls and has been used effectively by a number of artists in lieu of wall paper The jute bagging serves the same purpose CURTIS BROWN |