[Jewelry making - Article 00527] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in general

[Fishbre396]

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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. 

    I'm not so sure that "we love it", it's ok, it's very expensive, but
    it does give us options to do more "cast look'' stuff than sheet or
    wire. I don't like the fact that it's still not very stable, even
    when fired for maximum times. It still breaks when you try to bend it
    even when fired for max time at max temps!  


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