RERAMIC STUDIO 
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WOOD TRAYS— HASWELL JEFFERY 
INDIAN PIPE TILE DESIGN 
Caroline M. O'Hara 
INDIAN Pipe with upper a:id lower border Brown Green 
with a touch of Grass Green. Background of Bronze 
Green, Black and a touch of Chrome Green. Deepen for 
second fii'e. Two shades of brown would also be effective. 
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES 
J. 0. Simmonds — The article on enameling is by Mr. Martin, will 
answer some of your questions. The best way to experiment is to get a 
furnace and try enamels on different metals. Enamel should always be 
bought in lump form and can he purchased from the Karol Shop, 22 
East 16th Street, New York City. 
Mrs. J. D. J. — There have been several receipts given for dyeing Raffia 
in the back numbers of Keramic Studio. If you experiment with the 
aniline dyes, use a little black to darken and soften the colors. We hojje 
to have something new in basketry later. 
U. H. — I should not advise putting color in the wood frame. If it is to 
be burned, that gives it enough color. A carved frame in very low relief 
with the wood left in the natural state, would be more suitable for the Delft 
plaque. 
M. J. — A correspondent of the "Deutsche Murmacher Zeitung" recom- 
mends the following soldering block : Take equal parts of powdered charcoal, 
asbestos and plaster of paris, make into a thick paste with water and pour 
into a suitable mould, one that will give you a thick plate. When this mass 
has dried it is taken from the mould and a cork plate about 3 inches in thick- 
ness is fixed to one surface with thin glue. This cork plate is to receive the 
points of the wire clamps with which the articles to be soldered are to be 
attached to the soldering block, the asbestos, etc., not being sufficient to hold 
them. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
E. C. — In regard to your dusted mat background which chipped in re- 
peated firings, the only suggestion we can make is to fill up the chip with 
hard enamel and touch with the black powder color, but if you had a little of 
the white china body ground fine to mix with the enamel, you would be more 
sure of a good result; however, if the piece has begun to chip it will probably 
chip more in the next fire; then the repairing must be done without firing. 
Fill the chip with black sealing wax, and sand-paper it when hard. This is 
the best we can advise. 
E. C. B. — If you wish to pxit gold over fired yellow color, it will be neces- 
saiy to use the hard or unfluxed gold. The ordinary Roman gold will not 
talce well over color, although it goes very well over lustre. The mat colors 
are fired at the same temperature as the ordinary colors. 
A. A¥. — Gold and lustre may be fired together with heavy tinted bands of 
color, so long as they do not overlap. The oak design for plate in March, 
1904, K. S., may be treated in browns as follows: Tint plate a rich cream and 
fire. Tint background of border again and paint design in yellow I^rown, 
Meissen and Brown 4. Dust grey for flowers over the painted surface, and 
fire. If the color scheme does not suit, it can then be painted and dusted in 
natui'al colors and refired, giving a soft rich effect. 
TRILLIUM 
Mary Burnett 
AFTER drawing design carefully use for some of the flowers 
Albert Yellow with a touch of Violet, which makes a 
very nice shadow color for white flowers, and for darker flowers 
Brown Green with Violet may be used. The leaves are beauti- 
fully market and should be carefuUj'- painted. The veining 
in some of them is quite purple, and use Moss Green, Dark 
Green and shading Green in modeling leaves. 
