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KERAMIC STUDIO 
DESIGN FOR PLATE AND BOWL— C. BABCOCK. 
Two tones of green or grey blue with gold on handles and edge. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
Mrs. J. W. — The use of a banding wheel is very simple. The piece to 
be banded is placed in the center of the whirling disc. The hand with the 
brush is steadied by the rest. The brush, well charged with color as for 
tinting, is held steadily at the point where the band is desired while the other 
hand whirls the disc, thus carrying the color around in a band. 
Mrs. S. E. B. — To put a dark blue conventional border on a pale blue 
ground — First tint and fire your ground, then paint your design with a 
square shader well charged with color. This gives a vibrating tone which is 
generally considered more pleasing than solid color. However if you prefer 
the latter, after the tint is fired, paint the design with grounding oil, padding 
it evenly and cleaning off whatever runs over the design. Then dust on your 
color, cleaning edges again with surgeon's wool on a pointed stick. 
C. E. D. — For a dinner set, the idea of gold bands and monograms for 
the tnain part of the service is very good. The fancy dishes we should pre- 
fer in that case, decorated with borders in gold with monogram in medallion 
in border or center. Colored enamel could be introduced if necessary. We 
would not care for naturalisitc treatment of flowers in a dinner set. 
Mrs. A. W. J. — If you use powder enamel, mix with fat oil of turpentine 
so that it just holds together, thin with oil of lavender to the desired con- 
sistency breathing on it and mixing again if it shows a tendency to spread, 
If tube enamel use oil of lavender only. See November, 1905, number 
Keramic Studio. Class room article in enamel. 
M. M. C. — We will give some letters and monograms later. Liquid 
bright gold does very well for first coat, is saving and wears well. 
Mrs. E. B. K. — Liquid bright gold cannot be used over paste for raised 
gold. It can be used over enamel but is tawdry looking. We should judge 
that your paste was not fired sufficiently. 
Mrs. S. R. — Belleek china is treated exactly the same as white china 
in overglaze decoration with the exception that reds must be painted stronger 
and that moss green, yellow green and brown green are liable to come out 
brown. Also it must not be fired quite as hard. 
