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RERAMIC STUDIO 
CHESTNUT DESIGN 
COVER entire surface with thin wash of Meissen Brown, 
dust Pearl Grey. 
Second firing — Draw design and paint very delicately 
with equal parts of Ruby and Shading Brown. 
JAR, BUTTERFLY 
BUTTERFLY in gold; background of butterfly in Black. 
Lower light portion of design to be tinted with Chinese 
Yellow to which a touch of Brown Green and Meissen Brown 
has been added. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
T. M. — The only way we could suggest to remedy the gold on your Belleek 
tea set which is fired too hard and is muddy and blurred is to retouch with the 
hard or unfluxed gold. You might try this on one piece and if successful re- 
pair the others in like manner, otherwise we can only suggest retouching with 
the same Roman gold. We do not know what would be the effect of retouch- 
ing with liquid bright gold and afterward with Roman gold. If neither of the 
suggested ways succeeds you might try this last, but retouch heavily as if 
never before gilded. 
Mrs. E. M. P.— China can not be fired in the oven of a stove or range. 
It must become red hot — or rather orange heat. 
"Grand Feu Ceramics" treats entirely of the handling of porcelain clay 
and gives all necessary instruction for working in that medium. We think 
however, that you would probably prefer working in a lighter fired body. 
Mr. Charles Binn's articles in Keramic Studio would be of great assistance. 
But the matter of building vases, etc. by hand or on the wheel would have to 
be worked out by yourself. The Alfred, N. Y., School of clay working, teaches 
this work in its summer school. 
