KERAMIC STUDIO 
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After straightening all edges brush Ivory Glaze over 
the entire surface, this will pick up all the loose particles of 
color. Be sure that every bit of color is cleaned from any 
part where it does not belong and then it is ready for 
firing. It requires a medium heat. If after firing the 
colors are not even, mix some color 
with painting medium, match the 
color as best you can, the mixture 
used for dusting cannot always be 
used for this, and paint over the 
lighter places until all color is the 
same, this should not be necessary 
after one has had some experience 
with dusting, for you will be able 
to oil so that all color will come out 
with an even tone. If edges are 
ragged touch in the color with a 
pointed brush, being careful to put 
the color only where it is needed and do not 
run over the painted edges or they will be- 
come darker than the rest of the color. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
1. H. N. — How can a piece of lustre be corrected 
which comes out uneven? Ihave a vase done in lustre and 
gold. The background is a yellow Pearl Lustre which came 
out lighter in spots, after covering- these spots the second time 
they came out in more greenish spots and leave the back- 
ground uneven. Can one cover the whole background with 
a lustre which would not show the spots'? 
2. You say in your last number that ivory can be 
decorated with water colors, will this be washable or will the 
gum arabic make it so? 
3. Should Green Bronze Gold be burnished? 
1. The lustre can be taken off with acid, it comes off 
very easily. Take a little piece of cotton wrapped se- 
curely on the end of a brush handle, dip it in "A China 
Eraser" and rub over the lustre and hold it under running 
water just as soon as the lustre is removed to prevent the acid from 
affecting the design. Or the lustre may be gone over with a darker 
lustre if it will not interfere with the coloring of your design. Dark 
Green Lustre would work successfully. 
2. No, the water color would not be washable. 
3. Green Bronze does not burnish bright but it is best to bur- 
nish it a little. 
W. B. H. — / would like directions for painting china so that it will 
look underfired or without a glaze. I want to paint a landscape scene on 
a vase and I do not know how to get that effect? 
Special colors are used for that effect called Matt Colors and they 
are dry dusted on by painting the oil on and dusting the dry color 
over the oil the same as you do any other color. 
NOTES 
The Art Alliance of America, 45 E. 42d St., New 
York, has been established in 1914 as a clearing house 
between artist and consumer. It gives assistance, infor- 
mation and advice, places orders and makes sales, sup- 
plies teachers, etc. Any struggling artist desiring to go 
to New York can safely apply to the Art Alliance for 
information and advice. 
Alice M. Brown of Minneapolis, who has been teaching 
for The Coover Studios in various eastern cities, including 
Williams Art Importing Studio in Toronto, M. T. Wynne's 
New York, and Helen J. Zweibel's Studio, has started on her 
return trip to Chicago. She will be in Chicago and Milwaukee 
during December and January. 
VASE— K. E. CHERRY 
O KETCH in design with India ink. Paint leaves with Yellow 
^ Green, Apple Green and Lemon Yellow. The pink is 
Rose and Blood Red, then put White Gold back of design, 
and fire. Then paint in background with Apple Green and 
Yellow. Go over design with same colors used in first firing. 
Go over the gold again. 
