Monday, Marissa O'Brien, a visiting expert/creativity consultant at Spark Craft Studios gave us a free PMC basics class. I am totally hooked.
PMC is Precious Metal Clay, it consists of microscopic particles of silver or gold suspended in an organic binder to create a pliable material with a consistency similar to modeling clay. After firing, what remains can be hallmarked as .999 silver or gold.
I made these great earrings. The back disk is imprinted with a Japanese wave design, the front with a starfish. I burnished them and hammered them into dome shapes. I then put a patina on them with liver of sulfur to highlight the grooves and burnished them again to shine up the raised parts of the designs.
I am soooo pleased with myself and the other pieces that I made. I think that I just formed a new and expensive habit.
