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[732] The New Clay: Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making
The New Clay is a serious and readable text offering polyform clays as a material for unique and production jewelry and object making. Polyform clays are PVC claylike materials which come in numerous colors, consistencies and working characteristics and are set hard by low temperature baking. Afterwards they can be drilled, sanded and painted. Excellent imitations of most opaque and translucent gem materials are possible. One might at first automatically dismiss plastic-based "Fimo" and similar polyform clay jewelry as "beginning hobbyist" or a kind of low level craft work. This well thought out book goes far to counter such a easy dismissal of the New Clays.... (2004)
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Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain]
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[484] What's Your Sales Pitch - Should you market your work as PMC or fine silver?
The doors to the craft show have opened, and customers are beginning to make their way down the aisle. One stops at your booth to look at your PMC jewelry.'What is this?' she asks. That question looms large for many in the PMC community. Do you answer 'Fine Silver' or 'Precious Metal Clay'? Both are technically correct, so the question is, which will help you make the sale?.... (2004)
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Show me more articles from: [Studio PMC]|[Suzanne Wade]
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