[Jewelry making - Article 00434] - Re: [Orchid] Article: Minimal Metalsmithing

[R . E . Rourke]

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    I do not agree that any system had to be created. Jewelry making can
    easily be accomplished by self-teaching as equally as taking
    classes, its all about repeating a process or technique enough to
    become proficient at it. 

    PMC is a MLM scheme and the certification process is a pyramid
    scheme- as such I am issuing certification as well, upon submission
    of any image of a piece of one's work so that proficiency and skills
    can be assessed..Who is to say that a metal smith with over thirty
    years is not capable of making that skills reviewi And my
    certification is as viable as any other - demonstration is
    emonstration and observable deficiencies are evident- it doesn't take
    thousands of dollars to work up an imaginary ladder of levels to
    teach the use of a material like metal clay where essentially anyone
    with water, brush, cutting equipment, burnishing tools and a heat
    source can produce metallic creations that are wearable and intended
    to provide adornment without the skills of a metalsmith- because they
    are not the same... Additionally I ask a 10 dollar donation for
    certification to cover the costs of critical analysis, paper and
    postage..there are no other hidden agendas, levels of anything nor
    multi-level marketing. I will sell you PMC at wholesale prices at or
    below those of other resellers provided you are in possession of a
    resale number or business license and buying the metal clay to
    produce/manufacture works which are intended to be resold. I'll also
    sell you fine silver and karated golds at a far lower price than any
    metal clay product..because If what you profess about metal clay
    being identical to precious metal raw materials were true, then the
    certified PMC artist could use the raw materials interchangeably
    which is not at all the case, unless an individual has metalsmithing
    skills in addition to a thorough understanding of the metallurgical
    properties and limitations of metal clay products and can translate
    between the two materials 

    Again Elaine, this is not to personally direct any judgment on metal
    clay users, just to point out that: 

    1) there really never was a need for any system- as there is no need
    for any system to be able to use water colours, acrylic paint, clay
    or any art or craft material, and as such PMC is a multilevel
    marketing programme cleverly disguised 

    2) certification in the form is as relative as the form itself.
    Anyone with some skills and experience and a thorough understanding
    of the art and sciences involved in making jewelry can look at a
    metal clay object and make unilateral asesments of the artists skills
    or lack thereof. 

    3) there is no governing body over teaching jewelry making, and as
    such to insist that PMC requires any governance is simply part of
    the pyramid scheme cleverly disguised and promoted..It's all about
    Marketing and an industrial waste product. If you look at the
    details of Mitubishi's desires to and motivations for reusing their
    waste metals in the late 1980's it may become clearer to you their
    intent and subsequent recruitment of metalsmiths and jewelers to help
    develop a way to sell and make a profit from those waste products-
    nothing more, nothing less.. 

R. E. Rourke
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