RERAMIC STUDIO 
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PAPER CUTTER AND PEN, EEL MOTIF— M. DUFEENB. FROM "ART ET DECORATION ' 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Carmine and Apple Green make a good shading color for white lloweivs-- 
for greens use Royal and Moss Greens, Brown Green, Dark Green 7 and 
Banding Blue. 
B. M. F. — If you wish Aufsctzweis to stay raised you should not put 
fi\ix with it, flux is only used for flat ejiamel effects. 
A. L. — Your request for colors for bouillon cups is rather indefinite, that 
depends upon the design, and the choice of designs lies with you. Keramic 
Studio supplies many cup and saucer designs which should be appropriate, 
but it is impossible to select for a sul)scriber not knowing her taste. We 
should say, select something simple to be carried out in gold with black or 
red outlines or a design in one or two tones of I)lue or green, or whatever 
color you prefer. 
A. R. — For black outlining in conventional work, use the powdei' black, 
German Black or any blaclc sold for this purpose by our advertisers who are 
all reliable; mix it with a thin syrup made of sugai' and water, if you wish to 
do your outlining before putting in the lustre, otherwise use just enough fat 
oil to make it stick well together and thin with spirits of turpentiiie. Lustre 
which has thickened up, can he thinned with oil of la^■ender. Lustre Inrushes 
should be washed first in turpentine and then in alcohol and dried by brush- 
ing lightly on a cloth before using again, this takes but a minute. Ijiquid 
gold comes out of the fire purplish when put on too thin or when tui'pentine 
has been used with it. Turpentine should never be used with lustre. 
Mrs. J. H. S. — In decorating a piece of china with lustre and raised gold, 
it is necessary to put on first the lustre and dry it thoroughly, then the raised 
paste can be put on but it is better if they do not touch as the medium in 
the paste is liable to run a litlle into the lustre and cause spots, if the lustre 
gets into the raised paste it may discolor the gold even if fired first. Roman 
gold may safely be used either over or \mder lustre, always firing one first 
before putting on the other. It should not be necessary to Ijurnish gold 
which has lustre over it, but if this is done it should be done carefully as the 
lustre ma,y burnish off somewhat, the only remedy is to go over all the gold 
with lustre and refire. For a dusted black ground several powder blacks are 
sold by our dealers, write to them — a fine black effect is also gotten by dust- 
ing with pompadour red and then with banding blue, this of course takes two 
fires. 
M. DUFRENE— PROM "ART BT DECORATION" 
Mrs. B. — You will find a treatment of Poppies in mineral colors by Mrs. 
Sara Wood-Safford in the January 1904. Keramic Stt.tbio. For Morning 
Glories use Royal Purple, Violet 1 and 2, Banding Blue, Ruby Purple, 
Carmine or Rose. 
D. — Your vase with the five figure panels of the Senses would not look 
well with clouding coming up from the vase, the figure panels should be 
distinctly separated. We should suggest tinting in pale blue if that is the 
color you prefer, then cleaning out a rectangular or oval panel for each figure 
and finishing the panel with an outline or simple design in flat gold if raised 
gold is too difficult for you. An article on raised paste was given in Janu- 
ary 1905, K. S. and one on enamel will soon be given. We do not understand 
whyjthe dots chipped off in your plate whilejthe modelled roses did not, if 
your paste and everything was exactly the same — chipping is usually due 
to too much fat oil, — possibly your paste got a little fat standing if the dots 
were put on last. 
M. P. — Write to our advertisers for game designs to be rented. You 
will find names of teachers who rent designs on our Teachers' page 
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SEAL BELTS WITH BUCKLES OF BONE 
These belts made in Greenland were most unusual and 
beautiM in color. The foundation was a soft red in one belt 
and white in the other. Leather, the material for the design, 
was procured from the intestines of the seal. These are 
washed, dried and colored, then cut up into infinitesimal 
pieces and sewed on bj- hand. The buckles were carved from 
bone in the most ingenious waj^ and teeth threaded on a 
bit of leather were used to fasten. 
