[Jewelry making - Article 00722] - Re: [Orchid] PMC in General

[Linda Kaye-Moses/Evan Soldinger]

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Dear Hema et al,

    You asked about my comments and, to be quite candid (without trying
    to self-promote), using the clay economically, efficiently and
    within the parameters of the what the clay can do is part of the
    learning experience. It's what my students learn in my workshops,
    while I am teaching technique. Rather than try to elaborate here,
    which would essentially involve teaching a workshop on this
    discussion (pretty silly to try to do that), may I suggest that you
    enroll in a PMC workshop near where you live. You can find
    instructors on the PMC Guild website <www.pmcguild.com> for almost
    every area of the United States, and, I believe abroad as well. 

    A 31 gram package of Original Fine Silver PMC costs $32.50 USD from
    Rio. You can compare that with the cost of sheet Fine Silver
    yourself (it does vary, of course, but it never costs what PMC costs
    weight for weight). What you are paying for with PMC is the various
    ways that it can used and it's immediacy (see all the other postings
    for all the other benefits). 

    On another note: 

    Let me comment here on the negative postings re: PMC on this site.
    New concepts are not always good concepts, but closing one's mind to
    new concepts (like PMC), without fully exploring the benefits,
    counters the very nature of the creative mind. Prejudice, in any
    form, is a waste of human intelligence, energy and emotion. Bullying
    via insult is coercive and nonproductive. 

    All of us jeweler/metalsmiths use whatever tools and materials we
    need to create the end product...objets that are pleasing to us and,
    hopefully, to others. PMC is JUST ONE OF THOSE TOOLS. It can be used
    well. If it does not satisfy one's artistic vision at first, there
    are two choices: (1) perhaps further exploration would result in
    more expert and satisfying results; (2) it may not be a suitable
    technique to reach one's goals. Just as a pitch bowl and chasing
    tools do not deserve to be demeaned simply because the end results
    might not be satisfying first time out, neither does metal clay
    deserve that approach. A tool is a tool...and a poor
    (uninformed/uneducated) craftsperson blames the tool for her/his own
    inadequacies in it's use. 

Ok, I'll get off the soapbox, now!,
Linda Kaye-Moses

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