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for any length of time, by this I mean from twelve to 
twenty-four hours. ■ If you are painting a set to be decorated 
in colored enamels, which must be the same shade and yet 
could not be painted at one time, mix your color and 
rehef white sufficient for the set. Place this in any small 
jar with tight cover (one of the tiny gold jars would be good) ; 
when you are ready to use the enamel, take out a little, add 
the water and proceed. If too stiff use a drop of turpentine 
occasionally to keep the enamel glossy and so it will work 
smoothly. 
All color must be fired or removed where you wish to 
put the enamel. Use the No. oo or No. o water color brushes 
for fine work, and never let the enamel work up in your brush, 
it will spread the brush and cause ragged work, always clean 
the brush in turpentine when working. By mixing your 
enamel in this way, most beautifully modeled roses, chrysan- 
themums, grapes, hops, birds, beetles, and even faces can be 
made. For this work, use the rehef white alone, adding the 
water as this is the secret of the enamel staying "put" If 
you wish to make a rose finish it up at once, do not think you 
can make one petal to-day, another to-morrow. If your 
enamel is mixed just right you can model anything and it will 
stay where you put it no matter how high the relief. The 
higher the relief the harder must be the fire for fine results. In 
modeling high relief designs in enamel, always dry twenty- 
four hours before firing. 
GOO 
Ella L. Adams, Yellow Springs, Ohio. 
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All enamels are mixed with the mediums used for paints, 
turpentine for tube enamel, copaiba and clove oil for vial 
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MOUNTAIN ASH BERRIES— NANCY BEYER 
CURRANTS— RUSSELL GOODWIN 
enamel, and lavender oil to keep the enamel open. In model- 
ing small flowers use enamel of the same consistenc)^ as for 
dots. Fill the brush as for dots and place a dot on the edge 
of each petal. With a larger pointed brush pull the enamel 
towards the centre of flower, modeling each. 
Enamels as a usual thing require a hard firing but there 
are exceptions to this rule. Some manufacturers make both 
hard and soft enamel, which can be used for heavy or light 
firing as their names indicate. The various kinds of china 
influence the effects of enamels. English and Belleek do not 
require as soft enamels. as those of French manufacture. 
When colors are mixed with enamel the flux that some colors 
contain (green or yeUow for example) is quite enough for a 
satisfactory firing. As a rule other colors should be fluxed. 
Too many firings are apt to make the enamel chip off, so, if 
possible, put on enamel for last firing. 
Think all that you can! Put in as little hand-work as 
possible, and as much intelligence. Permit yourself the 
luxury of doing it in the simplest way ! — William Hunt. 
