RERAMIC STUDIO 
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HELPFUL HINTS 
When oiling a vase to gi^ound-lay a color I do not clean 
out all of the design, but leave a small space where I can 
touch my finger to test the dryness of the oil. Just before 
powdering I rub off this space. In this way I avoid any light 
spots in the background. 
I never put any gold on a piece of china until the tinting 
has been put on. It is very difficult to clean tinting from a 
space which has gold on it and also hard to burnish such gold. 
I do my outhning for the first fire because the pen works 
so much better on white china than on fired tinting. 
Orilln Miripr. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
Underglaze worlc does not apply t.o china decoration but to the pottery. 
The decoration is placed on the biscuit and the glaze put over it. The cause of 
enamels chipping is usually the fault in mixing, you may have used too much oil 
in them — it would depend on the way they were mixed whether they should 
be fired hard or not, you will have to fire them hard enough to glaze them. 
Take a knife and remove as much of the enamel as possible before firing again 
to be sure that no more chips off. The Satsimia ware is a -Japanese crackle 
pottery and is a cream color. 
MRs. J. E. H. — -iNIonograms with a gold band are still used but a simple 
conventional design mth just a sparkle of bright color is more interesting. 
The monogram is placed in the border to break the band. 
E. L. S. — Yes the china can be fired after it has been painted for some 
time. The cause of coral enamel firing orange instead of coral is because of too 
M" 1 111 3, the color fires out. 
CHOP PLATE IN GREEN AND SILVER— OLGA SORENSEN 
TRACE design. Tint centre panels with one part Cela- sign with Bm-nished Silver, leave small open spaces white, 
don and one part Pearl Grey. Panels on rim a darkei- Second Fire: Strengthen color in rim panels and again 
shade of the same color. Dust with Pearl Gi-ey. Paint de- dust with Pearl Grey. Apply silver. 
