KERAMIC STUDIO 
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BIRDS AND APPLE BLOSSOMS -DESIGN FOR STEIN 
THIS combination of birds and spring blossoms is 
a happy one, suggesting bird life in its natural surround- 
ings. This little design may be adapted to a stein, cylinder 
vase or any article severe in outline. Let us choose Black 
for the band as a background for the yellow birds and 
pink blossoms, and for the lower portion and space above 
the band Ivory or Grey Green, stems in a thin wash of 
Shading Brown, leaves in Grey Green, two tones darker 
than background. Paint the birds and center of flowers 
in Orange Yellow, markings of birds in Black and the 
flowers and buds in a thin wash of Deep Red Brown. The 
path around the design is the color of the lower background, 
the whole outlined with Black. Orange and Black Lustres are 
effective for birds and background in place of colors given. 
*T*HIS design is an abstract rendering of butterfly motif, 
* and because of the use for which it is intended, a treat- 
ment in three shades of green is suggested. The body of the 
dish as well as the background of the unit may be tinted 
with Moss Green; the wings and the lower part of the 
body in Olive Green and upper part of the body in Dark 
Green. The outlining of the legs, antennae and the two bands 
FERN DISH-BUTTERFLIES 
confining the border may be either Dark Green or Black. 
For variation Green Gold may be substituted in place of 
Moss Green. 
The wings will be made iridescent in effect by a wash 
of Dark Green Lustre, or if Gold be chosen for the back- 
ground the entire band may have a wash of Green Lustre 
for the last fire. 
