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JAMES JAMES 
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A. S.— It very often happens that on the second or third fire a Belleek 
piece comes out without glaze or with very little glaze, especially if the firing 
has been too hard. You might try ivory glaze. It sometimes brings the 
glaze back, not always. If you cannot improve your vase that way, the only 
thing to do is to finish it with mat effect. 
C. D. E. — The best way to set a price on order work is to charge so 
much an hour if the work is simply a repetition of what you have done 
before; if the design is original charge something extra for the design. A 
fair price per hour is fifty cents to a dollar, according to the kind of work. A 
fair price for a shirt waist set, gold and enamel and little roses, is $2.50 to 
$3.00 for three studs, collar and cuff buttons. The belt buckle is usually extra. 
E. A. R. — To mix powder enamels take just enough fat oil to hold the 
powder together and then thin with lavender to the right consistency, i. e., 
so the enamel will adhere to china without spreading. If too soft, breathe on 
it and it will thicken up when turned over with the palette knife. We have 
repeatedly given directions for mixing paste for gold and the same rule holds 
good for all makes, fat oil enough to make the powder adhere, breathe on it 
several times, mixing with palette knife, thin with oil of lavender to the con- 
sistency of mustard, breathing on it till it stays " put." We can not say 
who is best in Chicago for jewel work, but refer you to our teacher's cards. 
B. E. S. — There is not as much raised paste and jewelling used just now. 
Flat enamels and flat treatments of color, gold and lustre prevail. 
C. A.— Cement for mending china is sold by every dealer, Aufsetzweis 
can also be used. After putting the piece together with cement or enamel, 
tie it carefully with asbestos string. You can conceal the break by making a 
little enamel or raised paste design over it, repeating the line of the crack at 
intervals to make it part of the design. 
G. O. — We have still some of the La Croix color charts offered last year 
to subscribers. You will find them useful to refer to when colors are men- 
tioned with which you are not familiar, as almost every color is given in its 
right shade. 
M. K. — Soak your water color paper thoroughly before using, lay your 
wet blotter, the size of your paper on your board and the paper on top, being 
careful that no bubbles are left under it, as that would cause it to dry. 
