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By charlie on 2011/01/19
Hadar Jacobson is coming to Santa Fe! Not only does she make some amazing pieces but she does mixed metal jewelry with metal clay. One of her techniques that I love so dearly is mokume gane: The class that she will be teaching in Santa Fe is hosted by JoAnn Sartorius’ Studios for 3 days [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged Fine Silver, Hadar Jacobson, JoAnn Sartorius, Mixed Metal Clay, Mokume Gane, New Mexico, PMC, santa fe |
By charlie on 2011/01/04
I plan on participating in the Ring a Week challenge. Of course, I will be doing mine in Precious Metal Clay, so I am not sure if I will actually post every week since I tend to fire my kiln when I have a reasonable number of pieces to place in it…but in the end [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged A Ring A Week, PMC, PMC3, RAW2011, RAW52 |
By charlie on 2010/10/25
I have been hearing rumors for some time about this new metal clay, PMC Pro. It is supposed to be stronger than the PMC+ and PMC3 metal clays. It is an alloy and requires firing in activated carbon which is messy! As an engineer I was completely unimpressed with the graph they provided at the [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged Fine Silver, metal clay supply, PMC, PMC Pro, Precious Metal Clay, Silver Alloy |
By charlie on 2010/10/04
In self motivation to compare prices for birthstones for a project I have in mind for my Mom for Christmas, I have done the research and gathered all of the options from Rio Grande. I hope this helps others out there, saving them from having to flip through pages of the catalog or stare endlessly [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged Birthstone, Cabachone, Cubic Zirconia, Faceted, Gemstones, Rio Grande |
By charlie on 2010/09/29
So, now that I have my PMC Certification, I know that I want to continue with the craft and more so I believe I want to teach the craft. This means that I may finally need to make the jump to a jewelry kiln. I currently have two kilns, but both are for ceramics and [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged 120 V, bisque, copper metal clay, digital controller, Fine Silver, firing schedule, glaze, kiln, PMC, Precious Metal Clay, Rio Grande, Silver Metal Clay |
By charlie on 2010/09/27
(I know its a day late) So after a grueling 2nd day of polishing and remaking a ring, I came into the third day with a renewed spirit! Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for my bubble to burst, when my band ring formed over a custom mandrel broke at the seam as I was working [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged gold ring, pen, PMC, PMC Certification, Rio Grande |
By charlie on 2010/09/25
The tetrahedron thought it would win the battle, but it did not! When I started sanding it, bits of cracks started to crop up, but I calmly filled them in, let them dry, filled them in, let them dry, sand and repeat. Hours later I had a beautiful tetrahedron It fired without flaring or collapsing [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged Double-Fire Ring, gold ring, PMC, PMC Certification, Rio Grande, Tetrahedron, weaving |
By charlie on 2010/09/24
I came back to my hotel with a battle scar which I am convinced is the blood I am require to sacrifice to the PMC Certification gods. Ok, not really, Terry did say at least 10 times that the tissue blade is extremely sharp…and I distinctly remembering treating it as such, however I still managed [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged Lentil Bead, PMC Certification, Relief Pendant, Rio Grande, Rio Grande Certifcation, Saucer Bead, Terry Kovalick, Tetrahedron |
By charlie on 2010/09/22
Are you an avid metal clay artist wondering if becoming certified is right for you? Are you a consumer wondering what makes a PMC Certified artist “special”? This article will hopefully answer some of your most nagging questions, but just remembered I am addressing the Rio Rewards program (artist may be certified from PMCC as [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged Band Ring with Gold, Double-Fire Ring, PMC Certification, PMC Pen, Relief Pendant, Rio Grande Certification, Saucer Bead, Tetrahedron, Woven Earrings |
By charlie on 2010/09/20
So you want to get started in Metal Clay? There are a ton of resources and of course every artist has their favorite tools. But what tools do you really need to start creating that first piece? I decided to create a list of the tools that would help a novice leap into the art [...]
Posted in PMC Technicalities | Tagged metal clay, PMC, PMC Connection, Rio Grande, Tools, Whole Lotta Whimsy |
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