[Jewelry making - Article 00198] - Re: [Orchid] Article: Minimal Metalsmithing

[R . E . Rourke]

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    thank you, thank you thank you. 

    Finally someone has put into words what I have been trying to
    express about the material (not even going into the "ethics" of
    Mitsubishi Co.)..Perfect analogy although particle board may be more
    to the point! 

    J L Collier, one of the USA's up- and -coming metalsmiths and me
    have been discussing why some magazines (metalsmith) are not
    'divulging' that pieces printed in their galleries, are not listing
    that the medium a given piece is made of is in fact PMC, when every
    other art related anything lists artist, title - if there is one, and
    medium(s) ..yet in the last issues of Metalsmith, PMC pieces were
    obviously not listed as PMC.. Not that you Nanz, are being asked the
    favour of an opinion here.. it's simply to point out that while the
    material has serious few applications in metalsmithing!-For example
    it can not be smithed at all! - It is being given credence as a
    workable metal by SNAG, for one, when as you concisely point out its
    porosity makes it virtually useless - (not to mention three times the
    cost of the actual metal the particles come from) as an enduring work
    of art jewelry..One of the art world's newer mysteries perhaps, but
    Metalsmiths/SNAG's board of directors cross ties with the PMC
    industry are my best guess..
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