KERAMIC STUDIO 
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JEANNE M. STEWART - Page Editor 
611 Close-Realty Building, Toledo, Ohio. 
TRAY, YOUNG ROBIN AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS 
THIS twelve inch tray particularly suitable for short- 
cakes is done in a very few colors, the general tone 
being a Warm Grey. After tracing the design and outlining 
in India ink apply the background, shading from a delicate 
tint of Stewart's Pompeian Red on upper portion of border 
to the darkest tone below made of 2 parts of Stewart's Grey 
and 1 part Pompeian Red. Wipe out blossoms after padding 
the tint and work up delicate shadows with same mixture. 
Stamens are Lemon Yellow shaded with Yellow Brown. 
Birds are shaded with Grey with dark touches on wings of 
Stewart's Chestnut Brown and Grey. Eyes are Black, beaks 
and feet Yellow Brown and branches Chestnut Brown. 
The dark band on edge of tray is same as darkest tone in 
border. In the second fire apply dark tint a second time, 
leaving many of the blossoms underneath and if necessary to 
obtain the desired depth, dust with same mixture before firing. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
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with a sponge); wait till dampness disappears and turn paper on the board 
and quickly apply a fine warm glue to edges of vellum and rub down with a 
paper-cutter, taking care that paper sticks to the board. Then give all the 
surface a slight wash with water tinctured with a few drops of ox-gall, and leave 
it to dry, but away from the fire, and in about two hours it will be ready for 
use. 
U. T. — Can enamels be used satisfactorily on the Seji ware? What silver 
is the best to use on it, ivhite gold or liquid silver? 
Yes, enamels are more satisfactory than colors. White Gold is the better. 
Green Gold. call also be used on it. 
G. R. E. D. — Do not have success in tinting with Rose. It seems rough 
and pebbly in spite of grinding and padding. Why? 
2. What pink is best for a background? 
3. What is the cause of opal lustre which came from the first fire beautiful 
looking checked and crackled when taken from the second fire? 
4. In pulling pieces in lustre and gold, isn't it alright to put lustre in first 
fire? Won't the extra fire add to its beauty? 
1. Do not know any reason for it, if it is well ground, except that Rose is 
a hard color to tint with. 
2. Blood Red painted on very thin makes a pretty delicate pink though 
not a rose pink. 
3. Something must have affected the lustre in the kiln, the repeated 
firing should not have had that effect. 
4. Some lustres lose their brilliancy by repeated fires. Light Green 
usually fires a little greyer each time though it is usually safe to put lustres on 
for the first fire. 
B. E. T. — Could ivhite enamel as a foundation be tinted with the colors 
for china and used in place of various colored enamels on the market? 
2. Will Bischoff's Peach Blossom fire as it should on Belleek ware? 
3. What is best to clean liquid Platinum Silver and the lustre brushes? 
4. / often have designs which I think you could use but as 1 do not do 
water colors on anything but china, I do not know how to prepare them for use. 
1. Yes you can mix your own enamels. For delicate colors use 4 parts 
Aufsetzweiss in tubes and 1 part Hancock's Hard White Enamel in powder 
and a bit of flux and then add the color you wish. 
For dark enamels mix your paints until you have the desired color and 
then add 1-5 part Aufsetzweiss. 
2. Yes it fires alright. 
3. Clean your brushes thoroughly in turpentine first and then rinse 
them in wood alcohol and brush them lightly across the palm of the hand 
until they are dry and fluffy. 
5. C. B. — / do not have the results with my ivhite gold that I ivould like. 
I first used silver lustre, then for the 2d fire I used Hasburg's white gold. It 
did not come out nice and smooth but showed the brush marks and was generally 
uneven. Will you please tell me what ivas the trouble. Brushes and turpentine 
were clean. 
Possibly you apply the silver too heavily, it requires a very thin appli- 
cation. Try using two applications of the white gold instead of using the 
Silver Lustre. 
FULL SIZE 'SECTION JOF TRAY 
