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RERAMIC STUDIO 
PUNCH BOWL— CELIA C. POPE 
OUTLINE the fruit with black. Paint the bands and geo- 
metric designs with Gold. 
Second Firing — Mix a white enamel, using 4 parts Relief 
White, 1 part Hard White enamel and grind it thoroughly. 
Take enough of this to paint the medium sized pieces of fruit 
and mix it with a little Albert Yellow. For the seeds in the 
fruit add a little Yellow Brown to the yellow mixture, and for 
the remainder of the five larger pieces of fruit add a little Yellow 
Red and Yellow Brown to the white mixture. For the smallest 
fruit use quite a little Violet and a Deep Purple. For leaves 
add Apple Green, a little Yellow Green and a touch of Black. 
Retouch Gold in the second fire. 
STUDIO NOTE 
A letter from Miss Frances Blanchard, Des Moines, la., 
tells of an interesting trip which she has just taken through 
Europe for the purpose of study and recreation. The result of 
this trip will be many new ideas for her prospective pupils. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
p. A. M. — Pure silver is more or less coarse grained, difficult to work 
smoothly, looks rough when finished and tarnishes very easily with ugly colors. 
White gold has a fine grain, is easy to work and looks smooth when finished. 
It does not tarnish as readily as silver, and when it does, the colors are irides- 
cent instead of grey or black. When finished it has not as white a color as 
pure silver, but a slight yellowish tinge, which is due to the fact that the white 
gold contains over- .50% of gold. You evidently wanted a whiter effect than 
the white gold gives, so we are sending you a half i^ennyweight of powdered 
silver. Mix this with fat oil, use the palette knife and mix thoroughly, also 
a Uttle turpentine as you would a dry color, and try it on a piece of china to 
see if it gives the result you want. Liquid Bright Silver is like Liquid Bright 
Gold and is used in the same way. The best way to find out things is to make 
experiments on old or broken pieces of china and firing, then you will know 
exactly. 
J. E. M. — We do not know the rea.son for the stilts leaving marks ou the 
plates. A great many people stack their plates as you say you do and do 
not have any trouble. Possibly you are using a make of china that is not 
as hard as the usual kind, or if you have a heavy tint where the stilts rest they 
are apt to mark it. 
