Has anyone ever worked with it? PMC sounds so cool I was just reading about it at http://www.pmcsupply.com/how.html and a few other sites. I always wanted to learn how to make silver jewelery. it's kind of expensive, but you can get a starter kit for $100 - $150. But starter kits scare me because they usually don't have everything that you need, or stuff you'll never need, or the quality of the stuff in it is crap. So if anyone know anything about it let me know!! Thanks Have a great day!
wow, i never even heard of this before. i used to work jewelry, years ago. what is the metal content, do you know? it doesn't look like you actually need much to get started. hmm, now i am thinking about it, lol. some of the pieces in the galleries are really gorgeous.
It said that once fired it's 9.99% pure, the filler burns out when it's fired. I think this is what I want from Santa!
It's made WITH 99.9% pure silver and a binder. This does NOT mean it's 99.9% pure silver. "Made with 100% grade A beef" doesn't mean you're getting pure meat at McDonalds either.
I've been really curious about it as well, but the price on the starter kit is what detered me. So no one has worked with it?
Sorry I always do that with disimal points! 99.9% I'm gonna do much more research into it before I buy anything, I'll let ya's know what I find.
I always wanted to try some, especially since I found out that there is a kind, that can be fired in torches, and I have two already, since I am doing lampwork. It is hell-o-expensive, but then again, it's real silver....
I love precious metal clay and silver art clay. I started using it a couple of years ago. It wasn't a huge investment for me because I allready had a kiln for my glass work. I feel like a alchemist when I play with it. It is 99.9% pure silver once it has sintered during firing. The clay is quite is easy to work with and very simillar in texture to polymer clay ; but the working time is a little shorter. It can dry out sometimes but you can add a drop or two of water to make up for it. They also make little sheets of it that is fun to work with, you can make little orgami objects out of it ! I attached some pics of things I have made with it.
I have heard that the hot pots and torches work great as long as you don't make your piece too big. You need to heat the piece evenly so it can sinter properly and not be brittle. You can always do a second firing if you don't think it reached the proper temperature. I wouldn't advise quenching ( putting your hot piece directly into water so you can play with it sooner) it though with this method. I hope some of this helped!
I have a book called Wire Woven Jewelry by Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey, about a quarter of the book talks about working PMC, the rest of it is about weaving wire to make some awesome bracelets and necklaces
Fire Mountain carries the precious metal clay too; we were wondering about it ourselves...too pricey to just 'play' with.
