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ttERAMIC STUDIO 
MORNING GLORIES MARTHA FELLER KING 
Yellow — Albert Yellow, which also may be toned with 
a bit of Ruby. Adding more Ruby gives a brownish yellow. 
By making the test plate and using the different com- 
binations one may become thoroughly acquainted with 
their possibilities and their limitations. Enamels are 
sometimes used to simulate jewels, such as the turquoise, 
pearl pink coral, etc. For this purpose, the enamel is 
used somewhat stiffer than for floating. Take up a good 
dab of enamel on the end of the sable brush and drop it 
on the china. If fairly stiff, it will have a somewhat con- 
ical shape, with a sharp point. Moisten the brush with a 
little clean turpentine as you did for blending the enamels, 
and gently touch the point. This will quickly soften and 
round it. Jewels are best used in a setting of raised paste 
dots. A lesson on paste work will be given later. 
Enamel in high relief like the jewels must only be fired 
once. The flat enamels such as are used in this lesson may, 
if necessary, be fired twice. Better plan always to have 
only one firing, putting on the enamel after the piece is in 
every other respect finished. If a piece is found to have 
chipped off in the firing pick off all you can with a sharp 
pointed pen-knife, then rub down with sand-paper or emery 
cloth until the edges of the break are quite smooth ; lay 
the enamel on again and retire, giving it a lighter firing. 
This will often remedy such defects, but still is not always 
satisfactory; avoid chipping to a large degree by not piling 
the enamel on the china. To be correct it should be only 
slightly raised. Work carefully, reading the lesson and 
thinking out each stage of the process. 
MORNING GLORIES 
Martha Feller K ing 
PAINT flowers with Deep Blue Green and Violet leav- 
ing the star shaped form in flower white for the first 
fire, the leaves are painted with Apple Green, Shading 
Green, and Moss Green for turned over edges on the leaves. 
The seed pods are made with Violet and a little Brown 
Green, the stems are Violet and Blood Red. 
Second Firing — Paint a very thin wash of Deep Blue 
Green over the star shapes in the flower to the very center 
of blossom, paint a thin wash of Lemon Yellow. The dark 
spot in flower is Violet and Blood Red. 
CLARET SET 
LL grey in design, Gold. 
- tique Green Bronze. 
Dark 
Martha Feller King 
part Hasburg's An- 
Second Fire — Go over gold if it is not solid looking. 
Third Fire — Put a wash of Light Green Lustre over 
gold and all of the background. 
CLARET SET— MARTHA FELLER KING 
