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Re: [Orchid] PMC in general  
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From: James Binnion
Date: Thu Mar 10 18:32:34 2005
 
     
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>         However, I know people with very good metalsmithing skills
>     that love PMC because it *does things sheet and wire don't.* You
>     can shape PMC in ways that would be incredibly difficult or even
>     impossible using traditional metalsmithing skills. It allows
>     artists to work with textures in ways completely different from
>     sheet and wire, for example. The ease with which you can
>     incorporate organic forms, too, offers many artists new
>     inspiration. 

    To my knowledge there is nothing that can be done in PMC that cannot
    easily be done with either metalsmithing or casting techniques.
    While I have started to see some more interesting work in PMC I
    still am underwhelmed for the most part.  And from a
    mechanical/metallurgical point of view it is a inferior material in
    its finished form. 

Jim Binnion

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