Painting with Fire ( PWF ) is the name given for the immersion process to make enamel burning jewelry. This process is the focal point of the torch fired by the enamel jewelry workshop taught by Barbara A. Lewis , written in his book, and covered in Belle Armoire Jewelry , Handcrafted Jewelry , Bead Trends , Composing and Unique Beads .
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Metode Enameling Tradisional
Historically, enameling is a glass-on-metal application (See vitreous enamel). Traditional enameling methods, such as Cloisonnà ©  © and Grisaille, require expensive kilns and often years of training and experience.
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Painting with Fire Process
An enamel burning torch, a process that requires fuel sources such as propane or gas maps, is inexpensive and accessible to jewelry artists who do not have the time or financial resources to make traditional enamel studios.
The main process for producing a torch that fires enamel jewelry involves placing a piece of cold and pre-washed metal (usually copper) on a tripod, heating the piece with a gas-fired torch and filtering enamel onto the heated metal. This method, although cheaper than kiln-fired coatings, can be slow and creates significant security issues.
Over 40 years ago, Joseph Spencer of Safety Harbor, Fla., Pioneered Multi-Torch Fired Enameling Barbara Lewis, a Spencer old ceramic artist and student, has been implementing Spencer's process to develop the Immersion with Fire Process (PWF).
Unlike conventional tripod-based torch-burning methods, the PWF Immersion Process uses an inexpensive and inexpensive stationary torch and heats unwashed cold metal in a flame using a stainless steel mandrel. The heated metal is then immersed directly into the enamel powder (Thompson Enamel 80 mesh opaque or transparent), then heats and replicates the dyeing process three times - a total of not more than 60-90 seconds per piece. Using Lewis's Pull Bead Station, a three-tiered enamel bead was then gently pulled from the mandrel and allowed to fall into a simple bread pan filled with vermiculite garden.
PWF process with iron and sterling silver
The process of burning kilns and other torches to produce enamel jewelry is usually limited to expensive pure copper or fine silver. This other method can be used for silver sterling enamel, but only after completing the exhausting process of depletion. With the PWF method, if using transparent enamel in cold colors (blue or green), there is no requirement to heat and immerse oxidized silver into pickling acids. The immersion method involves heating three times and immersing the same piece of sterling, attached to a stainless steel mandrel, and coating it with a transparent enamel.
The Lewis PWF method also pioneered the enamel of lightweight filigree iron beads. The PWF immersion method allows for artistic variations using multiple combinations of opaque and transparent enamel or reducing oxygen to create smoky hazes. Variations and other applications of the PWF method are discussed in the "ning" network. The PWF immersion method is the subject of Flame Enamel Jewelry Fired - A Workshop in Painting with Fire .
References
External links
- Joseph Spencer's Six-torch Fire Site
- Painting With Fire Sites
- Painting With Ning Fire Site
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