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KERAMIC STUDIO 
BORDERS OF BITTERSWEET (Page 131) 
Florence R. Weisskopf 
NUMBER 1. Outline with Dark Grey and a little Dark 
Brown. Second fire — Oil berries and dust with 3 parts 
Cameo, 1 part Blood Red. Oil caps and dust with 2 parts 
Deep Ivory and 1 part Yellow Brown. Oil stems and light 
parts of leaves and dust with Florentine Green and a little Dark 
Ivory. Oil dark part of leaves and dust with Water Lily Green 
and a little Dark Grey. 
Second fire — Oil dark background and dust with Glaze for 
Green and a touch of Deep Ivory. Oil light background and 
dust with 1 part Pearl Grey and 1 part Yellow for Dusting. 
No. 2. The outline, dark circles and dark lower band are 
Roman Gold. Berries are oiled and dusted with 3 parts Cameo, 
1 part Blood Red. Caps are oiled and dusted with 2 parts Deep 
Ivory and 1 part Yellow Brown. Stems and light leaves are 
equal parts of Florentine Green and Ivory Glaze. Dark leaves 
are oiled and dusted with Florentine Green and a little Deep 
Ivory. No background is needed, but if desired, oil and dust 
with 2 parts Pearl Grey, 1 part Ivory Glaze and 1 part Deep Ivory. 
No. 3 — All darkest tones and the outline are Green Gold. 
Oil large part of berry and dust with Coffee Brown, and the 
lower part is dusted with Deep Ivory and a little Blood Red. 
Light part of leaves and the light band are oiled and dusted 
Dove Grey, and the dark part of leaf is oiled and dusted with 
Florentine Green and a little Deep Ivory. 
No. 4 — Outline berry with Green Gold and paint all of the 
remainder of the design with the Gold. 
Second fire — Oil dark part of caps of berries and the berry 
and dust with Coffee Brown and a little Yellow Red. Oil light 
part of caps and dust with 2 parts Ivory Glaze, ly 2 part Albert 
Yellow and a touch of Brown Green. 
No. 5 — Outline with Banding Blue and a little Dark Grey. 
The dark part of design is Gold. 
Second fire — Oil dark part of leaves and stems and dust 
with 1 part Grey Blue, 1 part Ivory Glaze. Oil light part of 
leaf and dust with Glaze for Blue. Oil berries and dust with 
2 parts Cameo and 1 part Peach Blossom. Retouch Gold. 
PUNCH BOWL, BITTERSWEET MOTIF— FLORENCE R. WEISSKOPF 
OIL berries and dust with Blood Red and a touch of Dark 
Brown and Yellow Brown. The oil should be applied 
very thin. Oil caps of berries and dust with Yellow Brown and 
a little Dark Grey. Oil stems and leaves, and dust with 2 parts 
Dark Grey, 1 part Dark Brown and a little Yellow Brown. Oil 
border at top and bottom of bowl and dust with 1 part Dark 
Yellow Brown, clean out the space where the dark line is in 
leaves and berries if an outline is not used. 
Second fire. — Oil space back of design and dust with 1 part 
Grey Blue, 1 part Ivory Glaze, 1 part Pearl Grey. Oil remain- 
der of bowl and dust with 3 parts Pearl Grey, M part Dark 
Grey, M part Yellow Brown. Paint the line in leaves and ber- 
Grey, 1 part Dark Brown and 2 parts Pearl Grey and a little ries with Dark Grey and Dark Brown. 
