Cool Tools | Enameling with Graphite & Sunshine Colors by Jan Harrell
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2017
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Please note: Jan Harrell misspoke regarding surfactant. Correction: Surfactant is a detergent that does not contain lotion.
Jan Harrell, Enamelist, Metalsmith, Sculptor and Instructor at the Glassell School of Art in Houston, TX visited Cool Tools to show us how easy it is to add fun detail to enameled pieces. In this video learn how to use a stencil and a graphite pencil and add soft color details with Sunshine watercolor enamels. - Навчання та стиль
Thank you...I'm so excited to try them!
I enjoyed this tutorial. Thank you!
Very insightful. Thank you
I have been taught to use baking soda solution rinse to neutralize any acid that may be in tiny scratches or pores. would this be applicable in this procedure? I am researching now, hoping to start working with enamel soon.
When we use etching for glass we use popsicle sticks and scrape off to reuse so you don't waste so much.
great idea
Jan
I also double rinse my brush and my piece with baking soda so that I neutralize the acid. Once I have scraped off the etchant, I put the piece in a plastic tup with baking soda and a little water, so it is a slurry, Using gloves and a scrubbie, clean your piece in the slurry (you will see it foam at first as the acid is neutralized by the baking soda base). PLEASE be careful, and also dispose of your slurry carefully afterwards. Acid Etch can give serious chemical burns.
I'm really curious to know when & by whom was the graphite on enamel technique developed! If anyone knows, that would be great!
looks great well done. How long do you fire it in the kiln? thanks for video
Hi, Sunshine Enamels should be fired for approximately 2 - 3 minutes at 1300°F - 1350°F. Hope this helps!
After the acid application would it be advisable to bathe the items in a baking soda solution before/after the scrub?
Hi Lily, can you elaborate? Jan does not use acid in this video so I'm not sure what you are referring to. We're happy to help if you can explain more!
Rather than etching, I'm wondering if just firing the undercoat to a grainy orange peel stage would be rough enough to take the graphite. Has anyone tried that? After watching this, I bought the set of Sunshine enamels. They are comparably very expensive, but they should last for a while. I know graphite is numbered by hardness. What number did you use here? I love that you teach techniques so clearly. Thank you.
Hi Barbara, we reached out to Jan personally with your question and she replied: The underfiring or doing what we call a sugar coat will be pretty good for drawing with graphite. The finer the grains are , the more delicate your drawing will be. The etching gives the smoothest of the matte surfaces.
I LOVE my Sunshine colors- they should last you a lifetime. Cool Tools was nice enough to carry this set when I wanted to show it. If you had to order a set , they come in 2 oz quantities and it would cost a lot and you would never use them up.
One of my friends, Anne Havel, does a lot with graphite and she uses a regular #2 pencil -the yellow school pencils. I also like the mechanical.
I am teaching a few Zoom workshops for Pocosin Art Center-check it out.
The sifting baskets in this video are smaller than the 6" ones available on line. I have those and they are much bigger. Where can I find this size?
Hello, we have 2" and 1/2" available. Jan used the 1/2" in this video. You can find all our sifters here: www.cooltools.us/searchresults.asp?Search=sifter&Submit=Search
At what temperature and how long do you fire the pencil with flux on top. Thanks!
Hello, Jan fires these at 1300 - 1350°F for a minute. Hope this helps!
That was great to watch! I'm wondering if torch firing enamel would work with this technique for using graphite? Thank you.
Hi Sara, torch firing can be done, but Sunshine Enamels need to be torch fired VERY carefully as they will disappear with too high of heat. Hope this helps!
@@cooltoolsvideos thank you so much for the quick reply. I'm only looking into adding graphite for now. I'll give it a try!
Hard graphite usually is a lighter color than soft graphite, but you are saying the opposite happens with this technique?
a ceramic black underglaze pencil would work too and probably last linger than a regular pencil
Nice video, Jan...as usual! I am wondering if I can use Etchall dip n etch instead of the cream.
Hi Dianne, we asked Jan your question and she replied: Yes you can use either - Etchall dip costs a bit more but the plus side is that you can reuse it.
Hope this helps!
It helps a lot, thanks so much!
What is that powder you sifted after pencil and before firing please? Any link on your website?
Hello, this is Medium Transparent Enamel - 2015. You can find this product here: www.cooltools.us/Medium-Enamel-Transparent-Golden-Clear-p/ent-104-1.htm
If you are interested in all of the products used in this video, you can find them below the video here: www.cooltools.us/Video-Enameling-with-Graphite-Sunshine-Colors-by-Jan-Har-s/2563.htm
Hope this helps!
Interesting video. I usually use Japanese lead-bearing enamels. Do you think I can paint over it with sunshine? Can I put a lead-bearing flux on top of the sunshine?
Hi Dordi, you can use sunshine enamels overtop lead-bearing enamels and use a lead bearing flux overtop the sunshine. You probably want to make a little test tile of the sunshine colors that you plan on using over the undercoat and under the flux to check on how the colors fire in relation to the undercoat and top flux coat.
Also, sunshine enamels don't require a flux overtop - but one can be added if the artist desires.The sunshine would have to be fired into the previous layer of enamel before adding the flux overtop if they decide to. Hope this helps! Thank you for watching.
@@cooltoolsvideos Thank you. This is what I wanted to know.
Hi Jan, How resiliant are the Sunshine colors? i.e. if I needed to transport a piece somewhere to get to a kiln, would it scrape off too easily to transport? Thanks
Hi Carol, the sunshine colors should transport successfully as long as you are very careful to not let anything touch them. Please note that sunshine enamels are to be painted over pieces that have already been enameled. If you need to transport a piece that you are enameling, this will not transport well. I hope this helps, feel free to reach out to us at sales@cooltools.us or 888.478.5060. We are happy to help!
CoolToolsVideos Thank you Jan!
Thank you for an informative demo! Lighting could be improved, and we need more closeup shots of finished work. After the demo, it was disappointing not to be able to see what the finished piece looked like, esp with the dim lighting. Need way better closeups with a better resolution.
Is it possible to make all of the things whit a torch?? I don't have a kiln
Hi Silene, Sunshine Enamels can be torch fired but VERY carefully as they will disappear with too high of heat. I know that you have commented on another video regarding not having a kiln. If you are interested, we do have kilns in stock and ready to ship. We recommend the Kingpin 88 with a window for enameling. You can find it here: www.cooltools.us/Evenheat-Kingpin-88-p/kln-971-p.htm
What is the box-like enamel piece Jan enameled on? Is it copper sheet annealed and folded into a box shape?
Hi Diana, we asked Jan this for you and she replied, "It is a copper sheet with the corners cut out at 90 degree angles and edges bent down. I make them myself!"
Hope this helps!
Very cool! Thanks so much for the answer! Can you also ask her what she does with them? I guess they'd be very cool as little pieces of art! You could hang them on the wall, stand them up....maybe a collection of them! Thanks again! Love this idea! @@cooltoolsvideos
@@dianah1998 They make a wonderful grouping with a piece of wood glued into the back-I buy different sizes from Dick Blick-
In Houston, I make them much larger
And it is a good way to teach how to enamel on insides and outsides of copper-not easy but a good thing to master
Thanks
Jan
Thanks.....great idea!
@@cooltoolsvideos
Can the Sunshine enamels be torch fired?
Hi Paulen, Sunshine Enamels can be torch fired but VERY carefully as they will disappear with too high of heat. Hope this helps!
where do you get the 2015?
Hi Cinthia, here is a link to this enamel: www.cooltools.us/Medium-Enamel-Transparent-Golden-Clear-p/ent-104-1.htm
Today through Monday, December 11th, 2017 we are having a sale for 20% off Enamels and Enameling Supplies. Use the code "20ENAMEL" at checkout.
If you are interested in all the products used in this video, click here: www.cooltools.us/Video-Enameling-with-Graphite-Sunshine-Colors-by-Jan-Har-s/2563.htm
Hope this helps!
Thank you - good information. I hope you usually wear a mask when you work though ... fine glass is not good for the body.
Hmm, I wonder if this would work with colored pencil?
Hi Judy, we have not tested this, but it may work!
you should say the temperature of firing too
I mean for the graphite
Where can I purchase the Sunshine Colors? All I see on CoolTools.us is the video.
Hello, below is a link to the sunshine colors. You can purchase them individually or in a set of 29. Have a good day! www.cooltools.us/Ferro-Sunshine-Enamels-s/2566.htm
I found them! www.e-namels.com/category/Sunshine-Painting-Enamel-37
you should write the names of all the material you use in the video, because when we are not english mother language, we undeerstand what you do but we don't understand the names of those material? I would make it easier to buy from cool tools
and be sure to write the code of the material too
Hi Fran, the link below will have every product used in this video, available for purchase from Cool Tools. The link will send you to the video, with the products listed below. Hope this helps!
www.cooltools.us/Video-Enameling-with-Graphite-Sunshine-Colors-by-Jan-Har-s/2563.htm
Hi - thank you for your great videos. I am getting very distracted during your videos with a seriously irritating 'tocking' sound in the background - is it a clock that has lost its 'tick?? It is probably just me, but I find it genuinely annoying.
What I have watched so far are absolutely excellent and thank you agin.
Hi John, this ticking you hear is the kiln running in the background. Jan's pieces are firing, and the kiln ticks as it is controlling the temperature. Thanks for watching.
@@cooltoolsvideos thanks for the reply - during these health sccare days, please look after yourself
So.... she says not to contaminate but rinses her brush with the blue on it into the water she uses to mix up the red .....
got caught up in the moment !!
jan
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