[Jewelry making - Article 00208] - Re: [Orchid] Article: Minimal Metalsmithing

[Elaine Luther]

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>     Writing more as a woodworker than as a jeweller, I found your
>     analogy with MDF vs. solid wood to be most apt. 

    Actually it is not. MDF and wood are not the same thing. PMC is fine
    silver and fine silver is fine silver. 

    I repeat, PMC+ when fired at 1650 for 2 hours has the same density
    as cast fine silver. 

    I am baffled by such hatred of a mere material from people who have
    never even used the stuff. 

>     There is a lot of money being made selling this goop to people who
>     think of themselves as instant metalsmiths. 

    Now this is just uncivil. This is not the tone we should take on
    Orchid. 

    If you don't care for PMC, you needn't use it. 

    Beginning metalsmiths can make some rather horrid things, but you
    don't see me ranting and railing against copper. 

    I have a guess that metalsmiths only "recognize" metal clay as metal
    clay when it is poorly done. When it is well done, I think
    metalsmiths assume the item was cast, and are not aware of the
    amazing work being done in metal clay. It would knock your socks off
    it you knew. 

    Take a look at Tim McCreight's book "PMC Decade." Look at the back
    page of the current issue of Art Jewelry, the box by Gordon. Look at
    the Saul Bell award winning work. 

    Furthermore, people who work with metal clay _do not_ consider
    themselves instant metalsmiths. They consider themselves metal clay
    artists, unless they are already a metalsmith, and there are many of
    those. 

Elaine
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