[Jewelry making - Article 00578] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in general

[James Binnion]

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>>        To my knowledge there is nothing that can be done in PMC that
>>      cannot easily be done with either metalsmithing or casting
>>      techniques.

>         Perhaps, but these things can be done *faster* in PMC than
>     through traditional methods. 

    This is possibly the only advantage PMC has over other methods of
    creating a form in metal or wax 

>         I find all of this exhausting.  On the metal clay list,
>     there's constant yacking about which is better, PMC or Art Clay
>     Silver, which I find dull.  On Orchid, whenever the subject of PMC
>     comes up, people decry and say how horrid it is. It's just a tool. 

    Yes but it seems like a very poor one. It is brittle, it shrinks a
    lot, and is ridiculously expensive for what is basically a mixture
    of silver powder and dipity-do hair styling gel 

>         No one ever decrys wax and says wax should never be used! 

    Sure they do , we get into that argument at least once a year on
    Orchid :-) 

>         I don't understand why metal clay generates such strong
>     feelings. 

    For me, because the majority of it is so artsy craftsy. It has none
    of the characteristics that for me make metalwork so challenging and
    satisfying. It reminds me of polymer clay in that it is mostly used
    to imitate  rather than innovate. I guess my feeling is if you want
    to work in clay then why not explore ceramics. 

Jim Binnion

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