[Jewelry making - Article 00327] - Re: [Orchid] Article: Minimal Metalsmithing

[Elaine Luther]

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>     I bristle when people look at my etched work and ask if its pmc.
>     No. Others ask if I use it, "No, I don't need to, I am skilled in
>     working with real metal." 

    Ah. There, you've said it. I think this is the heart of the problem,
    the rub. This has long been my theory of why metalsmiths get hot
    under the collar about PMC. 

    Linda Kay Moses said of her use of PMC, it's another tool for my
    toolbox, I'm paraphrasing. One can combine the two (metalsmithing and
    PMC) to great effect. 

    I don't call it real metal, I call it conventional metal. PMC = fine
    silver. 

    And remember, PMC+, when fired at 1650 for 2 hours is equal in
    density to cast fine silver. 

    Do you remember in "A League of ther Own", the movie, when the Gina
    Davis character wants to quit baseball and the coach, the Tom Hanks
    Character says why. She says" it's too hard." (not her real reason.) 

    He bellows, "It's the hard that makes it good, if it weren't hard,
    everybody'd do it." 

    That used to be my personal motto for metalsmithing. 

    And I think it's apt, and not uncommon as a view. 

    Metalsmithing is hard, and it does take a serious personal
    dedication, years of work. 

    So God forbid anyone, anywhere dare make anything out of metal
    without a struggle. Right? 

Elaine
Metalsmith since 1990
and certified PMC Instructor
http://www.CreativeTextureTools.com (TM)
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