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PYROGRAPHY 
TREATMENT OF TRAY 
Katherin Livermore 
BURN outlines; make a decided contrast between the 
inner and outer backgrounds; keeping the inner one 
verj^ delicate rather than using the heavy lines indicated — 
a point stippling would be preferable. The outer one may be 
burned as heavj^ as indicated. 
Use gamboge to color the flowers and Sap Green for the 
the leaves — put a flat wash on and when perfectly dry, shade 
the flowers and leaves very delicately with the hot point, 
using line shading; the effect of the burning over the color is 
very harmonious, but can only be done when water color is 
used. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
Mrs. G. F. W. — White wash or slacked lime reduced to the consistency 
of milk is applied with a large wliitewash brush to the kiln. 
Mrs. W. E. McA.— To use raised paste for gold mix the powder with just 
enough fat oil to hold it together, breathe on it (not blow) several times. 
mixing afterward with a horn palette knife. This gives a little moisture to 
keep the paste from drjang too quickly, then add enough oil of lavender to 
make just a little thin, breathe on it and mix it until when you turn it over with 
the palette knife it stays "put." It is then ready to use; if it grows thinner 
with using and fiats out, breathe again on it and turn it over till right; if it 
grows too thick, tliin with more lavender and breathe on it till of right con- 
sistencj'-. 
Mrs. E. N.— A color that is dusted on is usually too heavy to take gold 
well, it is always the best practice to take out the color where the gold is to be 
used, with a fine pointed stick before firing. Then the fluxed gold can be 
used; a wet tint has not so much body as a dusted color and the mifluxed 
gold can be used to advantage over it without taking out the design. Why 
not try another make of gold and see if that will make a difference. 
A. McG.— It is difficult to say just what was the trouble with your char- 
coal kiln. \\'^ should imagine'that in some Avay the draft was checked and 
gas or smoke entered the kiln —this would account for the whitewash being 
black. Possibly some of the other trouble might be due to accidents in paint- 
ing and some to the firing. — if yellow disappeared, also pink in enamel, rose 
tm-ned blueish, carnation a dirtj^ color, the cause might either be an over-fire 
or some thing, color or dirt, getting into the painting from a brush not care- 
fully cleaned or otherwise, but if rubj' purple turned brown, it was either 
under fired or mixed with other color unless as Ijefore stated, all was due to 
gas in kiln. We can onh' suggest seeing that the draft is good and the kiln 
well warmed up before firing. 
If you are looking for good results, ask us for 
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