[Jewelry making - Article 00458] - Re: [Orchid] Article: Minimal Metalsmithing

[Elaine Luther]

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>     I think that the problem for some metalsmiths and jewelers is what
>     they --sometimes I-- perceive to be the attitude put forth by some
>     metal clay practitioners that PMC and Metal Clay are substitutes
>     for other processes and materials, yielding results that are faster,
>     just as good, more easily learned -- and therefore superior-- to
>     traditional approaches. 

    I have not personally experienced that attitude. But maybe we know
    different people. Metal clay artists do not call themselves jewelers
    or metalsmiths. Unless they _already_ _are_ by virtue of their other
    training. 

Elaine
Metalsmith since 1990
and Certified PMC Instructor
http://www.CreativeTextureTools.com (TM)
Hard to Find Tools for Metal Clay
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