[Jewelry making - Article 00538] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in General

[Linda Kaye-Moses/Evan Soldinger]

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Hello,

    Eight years after PMC became available, it's still generating
    energetic dialogue, isn't it! And that's a really good thing. It
    deserves dialogue and experimentation that stretch the limits of
    what's currently being done...and isn't that the way we want it for
    any new technique? 

    I have been a working studio jeweler for more than 25 years and was
    given the opportunity to work with PMC in 1996 at one of the Master
    Classes that Tim McCreight was offering. Since then, I have been
    teaching it's use and, more importantly, it has become a staple in
    my studio, for the following reasons: 

    1. The process allows for the creation of three-dimensional forms
    that I cannot/did not make any other way. It has added to the visual
    and tactile impact of my work. 

    2. If I want to produce multiples I can make them in metal clay
    (PMC) or I can make a model in PMC and cast it or send it out to be
    cast in whatever metal I prefer. 

    3. I can achieve textures in metal that cannot be (easily, if at
    all) produced in any other way. 

    4. Metal clay has, simply put, become just another technique in my
    arsenal of techniques. I know that PMC sounds like it is a
    'material' as opposed to a technique, but it's really not. The
    'material' is really the fine silver or gold. With the addition of
    the binder+water, the metal becomes the technique or process, if you
    will. 

    5. Ounce for ounce it IS more expensive than rolled sheet, but it
    can be used in ways that are economical, efficient and appropriate
    for metal clay. 

    6. Metal Clay can be used along with traditional metalsmithing
    techniques to create pieces that are unique. The same careful
    consideration given to stonesetting, forming, finishing, etc., if
    given to the use of metal clays, can produce equally beautiful and
    interesting work. 

    Just one last note: The PMC Guild has an excellent and recently
    redesigned website <www.pmcguild.com>. There's an almost infinite
    amount of information about PMC, with some discussions re: Art Clay
    (the competing brand of metal clay) as well. Many of the questions
    that keep appearing in the Orchid Forum, have been asked and answered
    on the Guild website. The Discussion Board is an open forum (you
    don't have to be a member of the Guild to access it). It's not
    expensive to join the PMC Guild and membership includes the
    full-colour magazine of the guild, Studio PMC, which is published
    quarterly. 

    Hope you find this information helpful. 

Linda Kaye-Moses

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