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WICE A WEEK, these cold wet winter evenings, I’ve endured the mad
rushes to get baby to bed, supper over, dishes piled (to be done upon
my return), long street car and bus rides, but ah! five minutes of
puddling in the clay and all is forgotten. Such is the fascination of this
art! Tucked away, up in the attic, we work while dainty little Miss Le
Cocq moves from one to the other giving her expert instruction savoured
with her interesting personality. Her artistry is an inspiration to all of us.
Some work completed this year is represented below in sketches
by Miss Chekaluck. The head is by Doctor Kemp, the most advanced
of our class. He has exhibited in the Art Gallery here. Fortunately for
some of us, whose secret illusions that we may possess latent genius have
been gently but firmly “sat on,” there are many bypaths from which to
choose rather than the royal road to sculpture in its highest form. Interior
Decoration is an example. Often the problem of what to do about a wall,
recess or mantel can be solved by a specially modelled and colored object
which also adds a piquant touch of our own personality. The masks
pictured are for this purpose. The female head is by Miss F. Johnston
and the male dancer by Nancy Paget. A Western scene is an excellent
piece of work by Miss Chekaluck; who, by the way, tells us that photo-
graphy of clay models is a coming thing in commercial art. This relief
no doubt will find its way above a fireplace in some ranch or country
home. What room wouldn’t be enhanced by Miss Barbara Sharp’s dogs?
I have already found another practical use for what I’ve learned.
For, finding myself in need of animal heads for my costume designs for a
skating carnival I took my troubles to Miss Le Cocq, who is going to
show me how to do them with clay and “bits and pieces” of other things.
As a hobby it is ideal, provided you have a special room away
from babies. I still have vivid recollections of discovering my toddler
eating clay at the moment when my hands were a “gooey” mess. Oh
well, maybe it will get into his bloodstream and he will grow up to be
another Michael Angelo.

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