TABLE OF CONTENTS

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[Foreword] [9]
[Chapter 1.] Materials and Equipment[11]
[Chapter 2.] The Making of Plaster Molds[21]
[Chapter 3.] Plain and Incised Cement Tiles[33]
[Chapter 4.] Making Vases and Bowls[47]
[Chapter 5.] The Use of Color in Cement Tiles[57]
[Chapter 6.] Color Cement Relief Tiles[67]
[Chapter 7.] The Majolica Tile[75]
[Chapter 8.] Sgraffito Color Cement Work[87]
[Chapter 9.] Modeled and Carved Color Cement[95]
[Chapter 10.] Color Cement for Bowls and Vases[103]
[Chapter 11.] Glass Mosaic Tiles[111]
[Chapter 12.] Flower Boxes and Other Straight Forms[119]
[Chapter 13.] Color Cement for the Garden[129]
[Chapter 14.] The Making of Candlesticks and Book Supports[141]
[Chapter 15.] Color Cement for Interior Decoration[147]
[Chapter 16.] Surface Finishes[159]
[Chapter 17.] Decorations in the Open[165]
[Chapter 18.] Tile and Pottery with Color Magnesite Cement Work[173]
[Chapter 19.] Color Cement Projects for the Schoolroom[179]
[Chapter 20.] Designing for Tiles and Pottery[191]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Color Cement Tiles and Vases. Frontispiece in color]
[Tools for Color Cement Handicraft][18]
[The Mixing of Plaster-of-Paris][19]
[Helpful Material for Color Cement Handicraft][20]
[The Making of Plaster Molds][30]
[The Making of Molds][31]
[How to Make Color Cement Tiles][44]
[Cement Tile Textures][45]
[The Incised Tile][46]
[Vase Molds][55]
[The Finishing of Cement Pottery][56]
[Use of Color in Cement Tiles][64]
[Color Tile Methods][65]
[Plaster and Clay Modeled Cement Tiles][73]
[Color Cement Tiles and Pottery by Art School Students][74]
[The Majolica Tile][83]
[Slip Painted Tiles][84]
[Slip Painted Tile Methods][85]
[Sgraffito Tile and Sgraffito in Architecture][93]
[Modeled and Carved Cement Tile Methods][102]
[Color Cement Vases][108]
[Color Cement Vases][109]
[Mosaic Tile Method][116]
[Mosaic Tiles][117]
[Mosaic Stone Tiles][118]
[Three Cement Box Methods][126]
[The Making of a Cement Box][127]
[Helps in Cement Garden Pottery][137]
[Application of Cement Tiles to Architectural Use] [138]
[Color Cement Flagstones used for a Bridge, Garden Pathway and Entrance][139]
[Color Cement Used for Chimney Stones and Flagstones][140]
[Book Support and Candlestick Molds][145]
[Color Cement Tiles for Interior Decoration][154]
[Color Cement Tiles for the Fireplace][155]
[Tile Patterns for Wall or Floor][156]
[The Unit Tile and Application][157]
[Cement Tiles and Woodwork][158]
[A Surface Finish for Cement Handicraft][164]
[Decorations Painted with Color Cement][171]
[Cement Color Painted Decorations Applied][172]
[The Making of Magnesite Cement][177]
[Magnesite Objects Cast from Molds][178]
[Schoolroom Projects in Cement][185]
[A Tile in Cement made in the Grammar Grades][186]
[A Tile made in the Intermediate Grades][187]
[Color Cement Tiles and Pottery made by the Students of a High School][188]
[Problems in Cement by Students of an Art School][189]
[Helpful Design Principles for Color Cement Work][198]
[Outline Patterns for Color Cement Handicraft][199]
[Tone Patterns for Color Cement Handicraft][200]
[Egyptian, Roman, and Aztec Relief Decorations][201]

FOREWORD

It is evident to the most casual observer that the use of cement and concrete has developed into a most important building material—undoubtedly the most important of the age. Industrial and vocational educators have recognized this importance and thousands of school children have received instruction in its use and application to objects of utility. Its use has been the subject of many books, and the reason for the issuing of this book is to present in printed form the use of color cement for the decoration or surface enrichment of cement and concrete objects. We heretofore have thought of cement in terms of rough surfaces and crude retaining walls, little thinking that beautiful patterns and textures are possible with proper combinations of color with cement, presenting possibilities for producing art tiles, pottery, and decorations of a high art quality.

After a study some years ago of the various forms of producing clay pottery and its possible relation to school arts and industrial education, the handicap of necessary firing to give permanency loomed large against its general adaptation by schools. This resulted in considerable research and experimenting by the authors with cement and the use of color in the endeavor to parallel in some measure each of the methods employed in the making of fired tiles and pottery. Particular attention was given to simplifying the process of securing permanent form to many of the plastic forms of schoolroom art, which have been presented in clay and other perishable mediums. With the projects presented in the following chapters permanent useful objects can be secured by students in their school art subjects. Attention was also given to the enriching or refining by decoration the many objects heretofore made in cement and concrete by vocational classes. The problems and methods explained in the following description solve this need.

Craftsmen or amateur home-workers who delight in creating and building objects of beauty around them can find in color cement a medium which will appeal to their needs, in that the necessary working equipment is simple and the work can be done within small space.