Dave Berfield - Enameling On Steel (Learn To Enamel From An Expert)
Dave Berfield - Enameling On Steel (Learn To Enamel From An Expert)
Learn the art of enameling from expert Dave Berfield.
$169.95 for 4 Videos, 6.9 Hours of Instruction and Secrets of Methods for Small Shops
DVD#1: 1 hour 38 minutes:
About the Steel
Cleaning the Steel
Preparing Ground Coat
Checking Specific Gravity
Checking the Set
Spraying the Ground Coat
Firing the Ground Coat
After a Few Minutes
Cleaning the Gun
Applying the Finish Coat
After Spraying Three Coats of Brown
Firing the Finish Coat
Time Passes
After the Panels Cool
Media
Making Finish Coat Colors
Making Overglaze Enamel Colors for Spraying
Applying Graphics
Comparing Use of Finish Coats & Overglazes
Finger Painting & Sgraffito
Using an Airbrush
Using Magnetic Sheeting
Spray
DVD#2: 1 hour 44 minutes
Using Friskets
Transferring Art Work
Cutting the Frisket
Preparing for Spraying
About the Ink
About the Spray Gun
Spraying the First Color
Removing the Frisket
The Second Color
Registration for the Second Color
More about Registration
Spraying the Second Color
Another Way
Making a Last Minute Correction
Firing
About Five Minutes Later
Cleaning the Spray Gun
Wax Resist
Using Roughback
Spraying Finish Coat on Two Trays
First Firing
Minutes Later
A Quick Review
Applying Wax Resist
Second Firing
Minutes Later
Applying Digital Decals
After Firing
Making Colored Overglaze Enamels
Making a Rough Surface for Painting
Some Painting or Drawing Techniques
After Firing
DVD#3: 2 hours
Chapter #1: Screen Printing
Making a Stencil: Coating the Screen
Exposing the Stencils
Exposing Indirect Stencils
Developing the Direct Emulsion
Developing the Indirect Emulsion
Placing the Film
Setting Up
Mixing Silk Screen Ink
Printing
Odds and Ends
The Second Print
Printing Text
Mesh Size
Cleaning Screens
More Odds & Ends
Printing Gold
DVD#4: Part 1, 37 minutes, Part 2, 55 Minutes
Part 1:
Chapter 1: Screen Printing with Dave Berfield, Deborah Mersky and Joe O’Brien
Printing Public Art for John Muir Elementary School
View the actual process of screening enamel onto several large pieces that were
combined to make an even larger sculptural display. Design by Deborah Mersky.
Part 2:
Chapter #2: Milling Enamels
Chapter #3: Checking for Fineness
Chapter #4: Worth Mentioning (Dry Milling Possibility)
Chapter #5: Making Finish Coat Colors with a Blender
Chapter #6: Dave’s Stock of Colorants
Chapter #7: Making Colors with Overglaze Enamels
Chapter #8: Recycling Waste