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		<title>Short cuts in decorating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is almost always possible in any type of production work to reduce the amount of work involved without sacrificing the quality of the item. This is the most important factor in production and should be given the utmost consideration. When you have prepared your sample model, take the time to study it carefully. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing youk work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good organization is essential to any production work. It is necessary to plan your work and working area so that the maximum amount of work is achieved in a minimum amount of time. This can be done in many ways. The first step is to arrange your shop or studio into efficient working areas. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Semi-production methods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While many readers will be concerned with only &#8220;one of a kind&#8221; ceramics, others may be interested in producing a quantity of ceramic pieces to sell. For this group of ceramists, here are a few suggestions on how to organize the work in the most efficient and profitable manner. Multiple molds For production purposes it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overglazing and Finishing your piece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OVERGLAZES For enameled pieces that require fine detail work, overglazes can be used. They are applied in the same manner on enamels as on ceramics. With overglazes the enamelist can incorporate fine lines into the design and create a three-dimensional effect by shading the overglazes with a stippling brush or a watercolor brush with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combining techniques of ceramics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In enameling, as well as in ceramics, techniques can be combined and arranged in endless ways. The wet charge technique can be vastly improved by the addition of dusted enamels used to shade the flat areas and to soften the background. On the other hand, if dusting is used as the basic technique, a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Metal foils</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metal foils It is possible to attain the effect of enameling on silver or gold without actually using these expensive metals. Silver and gold foil can be substituted. You can obtain both gold and silver foil in booklets of approximately twelve sheets or in individual sheets. The foil is extremely delicate and must be handled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Stencils</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have discussed stencils in relation to ceramics and the procedure is basically the same for enameling. Fire a base coat of enamel and apply gum to the enameled piece as you would for a simple dusting technique. The stencil shape can be cut from newspaper or paper toweling with enough margin left around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other line designs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A line design can also be achieved by drawing a design on a fired enameled piece with gum or squeegee oil (a thick oil used in silk screen printing) and then dusting an opaque enamel on the piece and refiring it. The enamel will adhere only to the gum or oil lines and will shake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Sgraffito technique</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sgraffito technique can be used very effectively in enamel work, especially since it is difficult to achieve a line design with enamels without resorting to overglazes. A base coat of transparent or opaque enamel is applied and fired. This will be the color of the line design. Opaque enamels are then dusted over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firing in enameling kiln or ceramic kiln</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firing Enamels may be fired in a special copper enameling kiln or in a ceramic kiln that opens from the front. Unlike ceramic firing which is slow firing from cool to hot to cool again, enamels are fired rapidly in a preheated kiln (1400 -1500 ) and removed at the same temperature. The enamel must [...]]]></description>
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