I posted this over on the Art Jewelry Elements blog on Monday - thought you might like to see it if you haven't visited AJE!
This past weekend, I took a PMC (Precious Metal Clay) class with Donna Penoyer. It was at the Society for Contemporary Craft here in Pittsburgh, and the class title was Imaginary Sea Creatures in PMC. I has asked if a newbie could take the class, and was told yes, but it really wasn't a newbie class! However, I plugged along and thought I'd show you what we did.
First we started out with an exercise making a PMC tentacle. We made a form using epoxy putty, and then made a mold with polymer clay.
We decorated the polymer after pressing the form, and baked it. Using the PMC, and the putty form, we pressed the clay into the mold.
This is my rough tentacle, after drying but before sanding. You can really see how rough it it - I had no idea you had to sand PMC so much.
Here's my finished, sanded tentacle. If I made another one, I …
This past weekend, I took a PMC (Precious Metal Clay) class with Donna Penoyer. It was at the Society for Contemporary Craft here in Pittsburgh, and the class title was Imaginary Sea Creatures in PMC. I has asked if a newbie could take the class, and was told yes, but it really wasn't a newbie class! However, I plugged along and thought I'd show you what we did.
First we started out with an exercise making a PMC tentacle. We made a form using epoxy putty, and then made a mold with polymer clay.
We decorated the polymer after pressing the form, and baked it. Using the PMC, and the putty form, we pressed the clay into the mold.
This is my rough tentacle, after drying but before sanding. You can really see how rough it it - I had no idea you had to sand PMC so much.
Here's my finished, sanded tentacle. If I made another one, I …