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KERAMIC STUDIO 
Mrs. Arch Coleman 
Miss Newman Miss "White 
Miss Huntington Miss Beede 
TWIN CITY KERAMIC CLUB 
Miss Beede Miss "White 
Miss Huntington 
PLATE, ORANGE BLOSSOM MOTIF (Color Supplement) 
Mrs. F. C. McGaughy 
PAINT band with Apple Green and little Lemon Yellow. 
Shadows of flowers Lemon Yellow and Violet No. 1. 
Centers, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Brown and Brown Green. 
Leaves, Apple, Olive, Shading and Dark Green. Shadow, 
leaves and lines outside of wide band in Copenhagen Blue. 
Narrow lines in White Gold. Retouch in same colors. 
SHOP NOTE 
Mr. W. Bleesing, for many years connected with the firm 
of Burley & Tyrrell Co., has recently accepted a position with 
The Geo. H. Bowman Company of Cleveland, having charge of 
their Chicago Office. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
E. M. S. — I would like to ask if one can decorate with china colors and fire 
in Wilkie kiln, ground glass electric light shades. 
It is necessary to use very highly fluxed colors that come specially prepared 
for glass. 
It can be fired in a Wilkie kiln, but is very hard to fire. It is fired until 
you just begin to see color in the kiln and then the door should be opened. 
E. C. S. — Will you please tell me what to do with green, white and unfiuxed 
gold thai becomes loo oily. I do not use much and it becomes dry, and after work- 
ing it up several times with turpentine it seems to form an oil, and when Gold is 
applied it forms spots, etc. 
You are probably not using a good grade of turpentine. Try using com- 
pound lavender oil, or lavender mixed with the best grade of alcohol. 
When using gold, mix up only as much as you are going to use each time 
instead of rubbing up the entire box. This will also prevent it from becoming 
too oily. 
F. C. — / have been firing Haviland china with only a gold band around the 
edge. Several of the pieces have fired out a light brown, other pieces in the kiln 
came out 0. K. Will you kindly tell me the cause'! It seems to always be in the 
second fire. 
The trouble may be caused by smoke in the kiln, or if your kiln is a gas 
kiln, it may be caused by dampness. 
J. G. — // a crack should occur in the iron firing pot of a Wilkie kiln is 
there a remedy for it that will prolong its usefulness? 
My firing pot has a bulge on the side toward the bottom, a small one, perhaps 
three inches square; is it a danger spot thai will have to be watched. 
There is no remedy, but it can be used for some time after it is cracked. 
When it becomes too badly cracked a new pot can be substituted. 
No, the bulge will not matter. 
A. W. H. — / have found difficulty in firing a soft glaze faience ware with 
enamel designs. The ware crackles when fired hard enough to hold enamels. Is 
there any way to overcome the crackles or are they characteristic of this war el 
A faience glaze is very liable to crease and it is not surprising that the 
refiring of the ware in your kiln is developing crackles. Ther ies no way to 
overcome that. If the piece is for ornamental purposes, not for use, hold- 
ing water, etc., this crackle may not be objectionable. 
FROM A SUBSCRIBER'S APPRECIATIVE LETTER. 
The magazine is such a stimulus and education to us, in a quiet way, 
that we are scarcely conscious of it until we meet with some one who is try- 
ing to get along without it, and then we see wherein we have grown away 
from them and have been imbibing new ideas and taking on new methods 
of decorating." 
K. E. CHERRY 
CHINA COLORS 
TRY THE FOLLOWING ENAMELS 
WHICH ARE BECOMING VERY POPULAR 
Special White 
lie 
Peach Pink 
15c 
Jasmine Yellow 
15c 
Warmest Pink 
15c 
Naples Yellow 
15c 
Pompeian Red 
15c 
Jersey Cream 
15c 
Azure Blue 
18c 
Satsuma 
15c 
Yale Blue 
18c 
Goldenrod 
15c 
Arabian Blue 
18c 
Warm Grey E 
15c 
Egyptian Blue 
15c 
Silver Grey 
15c 
Swiss Blue 
15c 
Grey Violet 
18c 
Celtic Green 
15c 
Wistaria 
20c 
Grass Green 
15c 
Amethyst 
25c 
Florentine No. 1 
15c 
On account of the demand for small quantities of enamels at a time 
by most decorators, these enamels are put up in small vials containing 
fully half the quantity of a standard color vial. They are finely ground 
and smooth. 
SEND FOR COMPLETE PRICE LIST 
including enamels and revised list of standard and dusting colors 
THE ROBINEAU POTTERY 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
