[Jewelry making - Article 00667] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in general

[andy cooperman]

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

    I think it's because there are people who view and use this material
    as a shortcut to techniques that require a more highly developed
    technical ability.  It is  a material that offers its own set of
    working characteristics that have not yet -- in my opinion--been
    fully realized or exploited.  It is just too sexy a material for
    those who wish to become overnite jewelers and silver smiths.  Until
    PMC comes into its own, as Fimo more or less has, respected more as a
    material that can produce effects uniquely its own than as a
    "technical education in a can" (just add experience), it will
    continue to generate these strong feelings. 

>     I guess my feeling is if you want to work in clay then why not
>     explore ceramics. 

    I think that this is in fact the edge that PMC can offer. 
    Exploring, discovering and exploiting the idiosyncrasies of the
    material, ie its "clayiness" might open the door to innovation. 

Andy Cooperman 
andycooperman.com

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