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KERAMIC STUDIO 
BEGINNERS' CORNER 
JESSIE M. BARD - 
Williamsport, Pa. 
Editor 
INDIVIDUAL SET 
Design by Essie Foley 
OIL leaves and stems and dust with 2 parts Water Blue 
and 1 part Banding Blue. Oil flowers and dust with 
Florentine Green. Oil bands, handles and two center verti- 
cal lines and dust with 1 Pearl Grey and 1 Deep Ivory. 
Paint the fine inner line around the panels and the stems 
with 1 Banding Blue and 1 'Copenhagen Blue. Clean all the 
white space thoroughly and straighten edges of dusting 
with an orange stick. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
M. O. I. — 1. Are service plates always 10% inches? That is so 
little larger than the 9% dinner plate that I thought the 11% inch 
might possibly be used. 
2. Should the service plate match the gold initialed dinner set? 
My salad and bread and butter plates are in green with gold edge 
and. I am wondering if I may use this green and gold in some very 
conventional arrangement and add to it some rich blue. 
Answer — 1. The 10% is generally used but the larger size may 
be used if preferred. 
2. Many people vary the design in a set, keeping only the general 
color scheme alike, so your suggestion would be all right. 
W. J. L. — 1. I am planning on getting a banding wheel and wish 
to know if you will tell me how I could charge parties renting it. 
2. I want to make a black enamel dragon (flat) on Satsuma vase 
and would like to outline the entire design in Gold. What shall I 
use as a base for this raised gold outline and when is it best, to put 
the outline on? 
3. Can one decorate any glass that is found on the market? 
4. Which are the best water colors in tubes or jars? Why? 
5. Could you also send me a list for firing prices? 
Answer— 1. If they come to your studio and use the wheel there, 
it would probably be best to charge by the hour or half hour. 
2. There is a powder called "Raised Paste for Gold." It is mixed 
with a little fat oil of Turpentine, just enough to change the color 
of the paste, not enough to hold it together, and then with Garden 
Lavender Oil. Gold can be applied over it when it is thoroughly dry 
without firing it first. It is best to apply the Gold twice and it should 
be applied for the last firing so it will depend on the number of fires 
you give the enamels as to when to apply the paste, it will stand 
three or four fires if not applied too heavy. 
3. Most of it can be used though some require more careful firing. 
4. They are both good but the tube colors are easier to use be- 
cause they are softer and the brush can be filled more easily with it. 
5. We have no firing list. Most people have a standard price for 
a few pieces and gauge other pieces from that according to size and 
amount of room it takes in the kiln. Cups and Saucers usually are 
10c, 8%x9 inch plates 10c, cake plates 15c, etc. 
E. A. H. — Will you tell me if hard or soft enamels can be used 
over the ivory glaze after or before it has been fired or over any other 
pale tint? 
Answer — A pale tint will not affect the enamels. Use the hard or 
soft enamel according to hardness of the ware. 
M. A. W. — We have recently seen lamp shades made of parchment 
and painted. The effect is transparent when the lamp is lighted. Can 
you tell me what kind of paint is used for the work and what to use 
in mixing it? 
Answer— To tint parchment lamp shades thin the regular oil 
paints with turpentine and just a little linseed oil, then decorate with 
the colors using just a little turpentine, if you wish the decoration 
to be solid so you do not see the stroke of brush, put a coating of 
white oil paint over the pattern, allow this to dry then, paint the 
colors on the white covering. 
INDIVIDUAL SET— ESSIE FOLEY 
