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KERAMIC STUDIO 
DRESSER SET— ALBERT W. HECKMAN 
BEGINNERS' CORNER 
JESSIE M. BARD ------ Page Editor 
Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa. 
LESSON IN ENAMELING 
USING ABOVE DESIGN. 
THIS is to be carried out on a Belleek set. Enamels are 
not very successful on china or a hard glazed surface, 
they are very apt to chip off in the second fire. Mix the enamels 
with Enamel medium, just enough to moisten the powder, it 
should hardly hold together, and then use turpentine for thin- 
ning it as you use it. The enamel should be thin enough, so that 
it drops easily from the brush without spreading over the 
china, the larger the surface to be covered the thinner the 
enamel should be. Use a No. 1 long haired liner to apply the 
enamel. The turpentine must be fresh ; if it is yellow and oily 
the enamel will spread. If you have trouble with the turpen- 
tine fill a funnel with small pieces of magnesia packed rather 
tight and pour the turpentine over this several times and the 
oil will adhere to the magnesia. 
The principal thing in enamels is to learn to have the 
enamel at just the proper consistency and to know just how 
much to pick up on the brush. Pick up the enamel with just 
the tip of the brush, do not have the whole brush filled with 
it or it will not drop from it easily. The amount of enamel 
to be picked up will depend on the size of the space to be covered. 
The manner of applying is about the same as in wate 
colors, the enamel should be dropped from the brush, not 
pressed off, the brush should not touch the china at all. A 
drop of the enamel should be placed on the china and pulled 
into shape just a little to fill the spaces, just drawing the sur- 
face of the enamel along (the tip of the brush should not bend 
at all, if it does you are bearing down on it instead of pulling 
the enamel along.) Then fill the brush again and place it 
next to the last applied enamel, so the edges join, and continue 
this until the surface is covered. It is necessary to work as 
quickly as possible so the enamel will flow together and not 
show where it is joined. The brush should be cleaned in tur- 
pentine occasionally whenever the enamel dries in it. 
For this design use Naples Yellow for the flowers, Cafe 
au Lait for all circles except the outer one in the group 
of three which joins on the black line. The grey line is of the 
same color. The dot in the center of the flower and the re- 
maining circle are Orange Red. The black bands and outline 
around circles are Green Gold. The wide grey band and bottom 
of box are Dark Grey and Yellow Brown about equal parts, 
painted on, it should be a light tone. 
Another Color Scheme by Albert W. Heckman 
PAINT in the flowers with Dark Blue. Use Banding Blue, 
Violet and Royal Blue mixture. The circles and dark 
bands are Green Gold. Gray backgrounk is dusted Glaze for 
Green. Inside of circles is Rose, inner grey line is White Gold. 
