[Jewelry making - Article 00419] - Re: [Orchid] Article: Minimal Metalsmithing

[Noel Yovovich]

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

    I suspect that this may be the crux of the dislike of metal clay.
    The irony is, it IS hard to make anything out of it-- well. It is
    easy, as has been noted, to make "rubbish". I know-- I work with PMC
    for some purposes, and have for the whole time it has been available.
    I don't use it much, now, because, like any other way of working, it
    takes work and practice to do good work with it, and I have to pick
    and choose where to focus. Sadly, I can't do everything if I am
    going to do anything well. 

    I agree that more bad metal clay work is out there than bad
    metalsmithing because of the low threshhold of entry. So what? There
    is more bad painting than just about anything else in the universe,
    for the same reason. No one condemns paint! And, boy, it is tough to
    do good painting. Have you tried it? Whoo boy! But I digress... 

    I agree with Elaine-- it is a way of working, neither more nor less,
    and neither bad nor good. Get over it! 

Noel
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