tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91166690540685999892024-03-27T16:53:45.488-07:00Celie FagoCelie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-62863504408350509682017-04-10T11:11:00.001-07:002017-04-10T11:13:20.014-07:00Brief Update on Tear Away<div style="font-family: helvetica;">
<span style="font-size: large;">If you’re just starting out with this process, please read my blog entry to better understand the basic technique called "Tear Away”. The original “Tear Away Update” on my blog, and you can read it by clicking <a href="http://celiefagojewelry.blogspot.com/2012/08/news-update-tear-away-is-back.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although it’s a simple technique that yields beautiful results, it can be tricky to master. The best way to do so is to take a class from someone experienced in it so you can watch it being done and get direct tips for improving your technique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I teach tear away in most of my classes (you can see my upcoming Home Studio Classes <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/schedule.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>), as do other teachers. Lisa Cain teaches it in the UK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Depicted are some of the tools necessary tools for making tear away: pasta machine, copy made on 32lb Gloss paper, copied on my Canon copier, White and Sunshine colors of polymer clay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After much experimentation and testing I find the following to work well for this texture technique:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fresh Premo polymer clay in a blend of White and Sunshine; 1 to 1, or 2 White to 1 Sunshine. I don’t use metallics any more because metallic colors lessen the relief of the texture and we’re striving for as much relief as we can get.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does it have to be these two colors? NO! Experiment for yourself. Light colors do work best, hence the White, but you can substitute other <i>light </i>colors for the Sunshine if you want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why Sunshine? Because I find Sunshine to be the squishy-ist color. “Squishy” or “soft” colors have more plasticizer, or that’s the way it seems to me, and they work better i.e. more relief in the texture!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are lots of other little (or not so little details) for successful tear away texture: 32 lb Gloss paper, copier that uses carbon based toner, etc., and making it in a warm room. I do all my tear away in the summer; the heat and humidity really help, but using the best polymer clay is a great start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, please go to Lisa Cain’s FaceBook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidCornwallSchoolofJewellery/posts/10154310786027143" target="_blank">HERE</a> for important information on her research into using Staples copiers to make your copies (instead of having to dig and hunt for the correct old Canon copier).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">Three triangular forms, in different stages of </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">completion</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">, have been on my
desk for nearly a decade. A heavy glass dome on a marble base (I call it
a cheese house that I got at a tag sale), keeps them safe from harm in my
studio. I take them out from time to time and try to pull them along but up
until this year I always become stalled in the process.</span></div>
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Although the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">live</i> edge does add to
the design, it can also cause construction problems in a symmetrical triangle. Its
organic quality makes it more difficult to see and harder to measure. Add
in piercings, which remove surface area that you might well need in placing
your hinge and catch, and they become that much more of a challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">During the past
several years I have been working to develop a simple PMC hinge making
technique for people who want to employ them in their work, but have trouble
with the precise placement of the knuckles in a standard hinge. This difficulty
is understandable, as making a hinge tube, cutting it into knuckle segments and
placing them precisely, are challenging techniques. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pendant uses a hinge design that is both easier to mount on the piece, and
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">I like to be able to
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Making a triangular form
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The hinge assembly and name tag <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here again the asym</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">metry of the spiral
adds to the design of the piece but can also make placement more difficult.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14pt;">It needs to compliment the form and allow the
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I wanted to incorporate both
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lentil to hang from the bottom of the piece, hoping for some jangle and swing.<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is 960 sterling, made from
mixing equal parts of PMC3 (fine silver) and PMC Sterling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fired this piece upright, not assembled, in
a little vermiculite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s patinated
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My next post will show the
finishing touches: The beads at the bottom, the finished hinge and the finished
side catches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">I've had many inquiries about exactly how to mix these two clays, and I thought it might be helpful to post a short video that shows me mixing it. The video is just over 3 minutes, and that's how long it takes to combine the two!</span></div>
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many of you have asked if you could mix PMC Plus with PMC Sterling to get the
mixture we’re calling “960” that I decided to try it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">I’ve resisted doing this because although I
(hugely) prefer Plus to PMC3 for its working qualities, if I’m trying to make
the strongest mixture I can that does not require a carbon fire, it’s logical
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</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">B</span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">ut </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">since you’ve asked, and
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I weighed out and mixed equal amounts of PMC Plus and PMC Sterling to make the alloy I'll refer to as +960, and let it rest for ½ an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to remake these earrings (pictured
above); Each earring consists of three textured parts, two thick ones (5 cards)
and a very thin one (2 cards).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rolled
the 5’s this thick so I could carve them when dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made the striped ones two cards to test
strength, both the strength of the dry clay and the strength of the fired
metal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once fired, I Keum-boo-ed the thinner components. A simple (and
unscientific) bend test suggested they were stronger than if I’d made them from
PMC Plus or PMC3 alone but not quite as strong as if I’d made them from 960,
the PMC3/PMC Sterling mix, which I will refer to as 3/960<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pros and Cons:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PROS of the PMC Plus
and PMC Sterling mixture</b> (+960)<o:p></o:p></div>
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•Much less sticky than PMC3 alone or 3/960 (made with PMC3
and PMC Sterling).<o:p></o:p></div>
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•Takes texture better than PMC3 or 3/960 because it’s less
sticky and has less “bounce back”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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•The mixture has a longer working time than PMC Plus alone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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• Better dry-working qualities than Plus alone. It’s more
elastic than PMC Plus. This +960 carves beautifully when dry, just like the
original 3/960. The kind of carving I did on these earrings wouldn’t have been
possible on pieces made of PMC Plus alone as it’s too brittle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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•When fired, this mixture takes keum-boo gold readily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that respect it is comparable to 3/960.<o:p></o:p></div>
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• It patinas as well as 3/960 made with PMC3 and PMC
Sterling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CONS:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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There is only one con as far as I can tell (after this very
limited bit of research):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>960 made with
Plus is simply not as strong as 960 made with PMC3. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;">For the past year I’ve
been working with an enriched version of sterling metal clay. "Enriched"
simply means that this alloy has more fine, or pure, silver in it. It's still
sterling, and can be legally marked as such. We're calling it
"960". That number refers to the amount of fine silver in the alloy
just as 925 identifies regular sterling. </span></div>
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equal parts of PMC Sterling and PMC3. I open a 25 gram pack of PMC3 and a 25
gram pack of PMC Sterling and mix them together. It takes less than 5 minutes. It's
really that easy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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because PMC Sterling is a grayish color and PMC3 is more beige. Probably
because I've done a lot of cooking in my life, once it’s uniformly colored, I
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class using this new material. In the class, at The North Country Studio
Workshop conference at Bennington College, the students made their own 960 to
work with. It got great reviews.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: PMC Sterling, 960. PMC3</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;">Although I love the way
PMC Sterling handles, it does have a couple of drawbacks, or one major
drawback, really; the carbon firing. Carbon firing is just not fun.
No one likes it and I think it's holding PMC Sterling back from the
attention it deserves. It's </span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;">so</i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;"> much stronger than fine silver PMC, has a
longer open working time and superior dry working qualities. But then, you have
to fire it, </span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;">twice, </i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt;">and there's the carbon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">960 is almost as strong
(in my opinion), handles almost as well, carves almost as well as 925 PMC
Sterling but NO CARBON! It fires in air on a kiln shelf like any of the
fine silver PMCs. We've been firing 960 at 1500F for one hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">It has another perk; gold
foil, when you keum-boo, goes on more readily than it does on PMC
Sterling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it doesn’t diffuse
into the silver surface as quickly as it does with fine silver (I guess that’s
really two perks).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Is there a reason to
continue to have PMC Sterling in my studio? Yes, PMC Sterling is peerless
for that occasional very delicate design that requires extra strength.
It's also, in my opinion, the best way to fire diamonds in metal clay.
Although diamonds will survive an air-fire, the temperature must be quite
low or they will not survive. I like to fire my metal clay as hot as
possible so if I want diamonds in a design I will use the original PMC Sterling
and I’ll fire in carbon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">How did 960 come about?
A year and a half ago I met with Tim McCreight and a few others to discuss PMC
Sterling. On the last day of the meeting we were brainstorming and Tim
said, "What if we enriched the PMC Sterling? By increasing the fine
silver content of the alloy maybe we could get rid of the carbon altogether.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The idea had an
immediate effect on me. It resonated; I went right home and mixed up my first
batch of 960 and that's really the only metal clay I've used since then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Please try it for
yourself and let me know how it goes!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">At this point, after so many 960 pieces, I trust this clay to sinter without distortion, in air, on a kiln shelf. I'll fire this book soon, but not assembled. Each page will be laid on the shelf.</span></span></div>
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Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-14836569443391017622013-09-26T09:48:00.003-07:002013-09-26T09:48:51.628-07:00Book Lockets and Hinged Boxes<br />
A finished book with mica<br />
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What I'm working on now<br />
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<br />Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-37170125572067087622013-06-13T16:57:00.000-07:002013-06-14T07:47:26.589-07:00Home Sweet Home; Back from Milwaukee <span style="font-size: large;">The lilacs were in full bloom before I left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Glorious spring!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have returned from The Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, and am tired and happy. I
taught a 4-day Master Class on rings in PMC Sterling. The class had 22
students, and with erin meharg's excellent assistance, we fired 99
rings (all PMC Sterling) with 100% success (no sintering problems). Of
those 99 rings, 92 shrank as predicted; 3 sizes from fresh to fired
(using the technique I use and teach for refining</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">, sanding, etc). Most of the 7 that were smaller than predicted were so because the makers varied their technique; in other words there was a reasonable explanation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In addition to diamond rings, students made rings varied from these samples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Of
the 99 rings, 59 had diamonds fired in place. The diamonds behaved
perfectly and were very popular! We also used 24K gold foil to keum-boo
the sterling rings (no depletion gilding).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Erin's lovely diamond ring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All
in all it was a great trip. I saw so many people I haven't seen in a
long time and once again celebrated my B'Day at the show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll be back next year for a new Master Class on making simpler hinges.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I
have a couple of places left in my upcoming July classes on these
topics; Hinged Book Charms and Sterling Rings. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also in the Treasures
bracelet Class.</span></span></div>
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Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-19665768777540492652013-04-21T12:44:00.000-07:002013-04-21T15:01:05.001-07:00More Hinged Book Charms<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Making
these little charms lessens the pressure of perfectionism; my goal is
to make many expressions of an idea, not one perfect exemplar. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0833333333333335; vertical-align: baseline;">They
feature a relatively large hinge for such a tiny object (think of the
spine of a book relative to its size) making it much more approachable
than a hinge on a ring, for example</span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0833333333333335; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><br />
<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0833333333333335;">Working
small saves material and money. That in turn frees me to be less
focused on how much clay I’m using so I can explore these ideas through
repetition and variation, therefore perfecting my technique. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.0833333333333335;">I’m using PMC Sterling, the perfect choice for pieces that require strength, like hinges or pieced work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">This time around I wanted to try a spiral bound book and a book with a heavily pierced front.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I
could have drilled the holes for the spiral binding after firing.
Ordinarily that’s just what I’d do, but I wanted to see just how evenly
PMC Sterling would shrink. You would not be able to pre drill like this
with original bronze, for example. The holes would not line </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">up
after firing. In general, I do drill any holes that will need to line
up, like holes for rivets, after firing, but this seemed like a
worthwhile test.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">In
the original plan, the loops along the bottom edge were to hold a tiny
peg (pictured) that would be attached by a chain, to keep the book
closed. After firing it seemed unnecessary, so I used the loops to hold
balled up wires.</span><img height="241" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pbwPJPtnW7Ac_c7Fp-YANusIztqXYEJpQde9xGP8IH8SIJ_Gq-2ND14oD9lmK78mucBimLxmx4hc5xE1Sg6Gvbfvst6hufczVYGsuQYiM2_CrVKx_w65UJuINvBvApV0FA" width="320" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div>
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fired, unfinished spiral book with a test spiraled wire. The holes
lined up perfectly demonstrating that the PMC Sterling shrank evenly in
the kiln. I decided to add a flame patina-ed copper “page” and so had to
go up in size on the wire spiral. </span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">A larger diameter wire accommodated another page nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; vertical-align: baseline;">Hung
from the top, this spiral style book works nicely as a necklace. The
bail here is the same thing I’m using as a hinge pin on the other book
charms.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; vertical-align: baseline;">I
riveted a little keum-boo piece to the back side of the copper page.
Next time I’ll use a larger diameter spiral and add more pages.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">I
also finished a book/box charm I’ve been bringing along with this
group. It closes securely with a purse clasp and holds a bronze spiral
on a chain.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-23260484762454470512013-03-14T07:00:00.002-07:002013-03-14T07:00:49.775-07:00Simpler Hinges in PMC Sterling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Making tiny hinged book charms gives me a way to explore PMC
Sterling through less elaborate construction than boxes or box pendants.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although book charms are tiny, (fired they are less than an
inch tall), like any other hinge they require meticulous engineering.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because I am investing less time (and material) I am willing
to take more chances and therefore I’m likely to learn more about the clay in a
shorter period.<o:p></o:p></div>
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PMC Sterling is still a relatively new material and I
continue to explore it in that spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Its working qualities are quite remarkable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It carves beautifully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handles beautifully and has a longer open
working time than any other silver clay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With the exception of firing, everything about it is easier.<o:p></o:p></div>
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it’s an extra step, takes extra time and is dirty work because it involves
carbon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still feel strongly that PMC
Sterling’s benefits outweigh its drawbacks. Although various artists are
experimenting with single stage firing I have had great success with the
two-stage so I’ll stick to what works for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because they require precision, hinges are a good way to
explore possible distortion during firing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>PMC Plus and 3 do sometimes distort during firing. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>However, since they’re fine silver and
more malleable, it’s relatively easy to correct the distortion with nylon jawed
pliers or wooden dowels and a rawhide mallet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Hinges made with PMC Sterling are more challenging<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b>to
realign once they are fired because the material is so much harder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, once they are realigned they are
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The fact that the knuckles are in line after firing, or not
so out of line that they can’t be nudged into line, suggests that all the
variables are behaving as I would expect. They are kiln temperature, firing
schedule, carbon (type, age, amount used), type of container, and the number of
pieces fired together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Note: I do not fire hinged pieces assembled. I put the top
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will fuse together unless it’s dusted with a fine powder that won’t burn off in
the kiln.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This could be shaved or
scraped off kiln shelf material, or graphite; I’m experimenting with other possibilities
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These are three book charms from a series I'm working on. Each one is slightly different.</div>
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I assemble the book charm, attaching the knuckles with very
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Since the phthalates were removed from polymer clay in 2008 I've been testing tear away with different brands and combinations of clay colors. My stash of the original Sculpey III, which works beautifully for this process, is ever diminishing as I use it and share it with my classes. As the hoard dwindles, I become more aggressive with my testing. When I hear a rumor that a particular clay brand works, I try it. Until now, nothing has yielded anything like the depth of relief I get in the tear away texture I make with the old Sculpey III. Until now. </div>
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Since removing the phthalates, the makers of polymer clay may have added another ingredient to the formula, and that's now responsible for my recent success. I don't know what's changed but I do know, since the phthalates were removed in '08, there have been occasional "adjustments" made to the formulas, both because I have heard it and because the changes in the clays are hard to mistake. But it really doesn't matter: The clays stopped working for tear away for a while, now they have begun working just fine and I am ecstatic.</div>
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Recently I started a new round of methodical testing on 4 brands of polymer clay: Fimo (Classic and Soft), new Sculpey III (made after '08), CraftSmart (Michael's brand), and Premo. I tested these 4 against the standard; tear away texture made with pre 2008 Sculpey III. Here are my results.</div>
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If the best tear away texture I've ever made with Sculpey III is a 10, tear away made with Premo metallic clay (gold, blue pearl, etc.) is an 7.5. Tear away made with half and half Premo Gold and White (or half and half Blue Pearl and White) is an 8.5. That's really, really good news. It means the process originally developed by Gwen Gibson, the process that I have worked so hard to perfect and make dependable over the last 15 years is not dead (as previously thought) but quite alive!</div>
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What's the difference? It's in the relief. By that I mean good tear away has a deep enough relief to make good texture. Part of my testing process is texturing PMC with the tear away because I can't really judge the tear away result without looking at the texture it makes. </div>
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What is tear away? "Tear away" refers to a process for making textures for use with PMC, polymer clay or roll printing metal. Briefly, after making a collage of images and printing them on plain paper I make a copy on heavy glossy paper on a canon copier that uses a toner cartridge (an HP Laser printer will give a useable but shallower result), cut out a piece of the image, burnish it onto rolled out polymer clay, wait 40-60 minutes (during which time I burnish at least twice), then tear the paper away. During the "rest" period the toner on the copy will have bonded to the polymer clay so that when I tear it away everywhere there was toner there is a fine layer of polymer stuck to it creating a relief. Once this paper is baked in an 275F oven for 20 minutes it is a wonderful texturing tool. It's virtue over other texturing methods is that it's low relief (so I'm able to use less PMC), it's relatively quick and reflects my own esthetic because I'm either making drawings or cutting and collaging images. It also has a particular quality to it; as a result of the tearing the surface has a rough-hewn quality that can't really be achieved through other means. The pictures below show the depth of relief that can be achieved with the tear-away technique.</div>
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</div>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-13048996117894164032012-05-10T09:13:00.001-07:002012-05-10T10:25:17.217-07:00Designing in PMC Sterling<span style="font-size: small;">The makers of PMC - Mitsubishi Materials, say that PMC Sterling
shrinks 15-20%. As part of the process
of releasing a new material their R&D department does exhaustive
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non-laboratory research tell me my flat PMC Sterling pieces shrink 15%. My rings, for which I use size as the unit of
measure, shrink 3 sizes if they are band rings and quite a bit less if
they are washers (1 to 2 sizes from dry to fired).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think if you want precisely
sized rings, the best course is the one Hattie Sanderson is taking. She is using her Hattie’s Patties (fire in
place ring inserts) to enforce size and also making stainless steel mesh
‘cages’ to fire the rings in so that the carbon doesn’t get between the ring
and the insert causing distortion.
Interestingly, a ring in a stainless steel cage is actually surrounded by air (in the
cage) and then the cage is surrounded by 8-10mm of carbon. You can read about Hattie’s method <a href="http://www.metalclayguru.com/storage/pdfs/PMC-PRO-Ring-Tests-Hattie-Sanderson.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What I like best about PMC Sterling doesn't have to do with its longer working time or its greater strength. What I most appreciate about it is its influence on my thinking, on my direction; where it's pushed me and how I'm now thinking about these materials, these metal clays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I can certainly describe the corners the Sterling has pushed me around; I can describe how wanting to test its strength led me to openwork, or wanting to assess just how much better it is to carve led me to develop new carving motifs. I can describe my realization that 925 clay, when dry, is a little messier to sand than the fine silver clays and how that led to my using the scalpel more than I do with fine silver. But there's also something about the nature of the dry 925 that lends itself to the scalpel's blade more readily than the fine silver; probably the same qualities that make it better for carving; greater elasticity, less chipping, more flexibility. <br />Sand paper is messier than whittling, so if I can whittle, I will. But as it's turned out, the whittling has taken me in a new design direction, a direction about which I am excited. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These are a group of washer rings (no seam) cut with a long blade and a template that let me avoid the business of making a seam. The one on the top left is the start of the Diamond ring. Once they are dry, I make a record of them with my copier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These washer rings shrink less than the band rings. Washer rings shrink approximately 1-2 sizes. I don't know why, but I remember noting a similar phenomenon when I was testing BronzClay.<br />In the upper right corner is the Diamond Ring, whittled down with a scalpel, ready for setting the diamond.<br />The lower left is the start of the carved washer ring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Blisters and Firing Modifications</b><br />I have had one piece of PMC Sterling blister in the past year. Since then (3 months ago) I have slowed the ramp down in the atmosphere stage; I've done 6 firings at 500F per hour and now 6 more at 800F per hour to 1000F (hold for 30 min). This is based on the theory that I may not have been burning the binder out sufficiently at the full ramp and that slowing the ramp down when air-firing may do so. <br />After cooling, I transfer the pieces to a steel container and put them on 10mm of carbon, then I add more carbon until it is 10mm above the top of the piece. I cover the steel container, put it into the kiln, on kiln feet so air can circulate, then fire full ramp to 1520F** and hold for 1 hour (or more if the piece is large or there is more than one piece). <br />I was able to sand and burnish the blisters away on the ring shank even though it was very badly blistered. The blisters were not empty inside; they were more like bulges so they could be pressed/abraded down. It's strong and fully sintered and looks fine.<br /><br />**KIlns vary! It's important to know your kiln and how accurate the temperature is. Check the temperature, and do a few test pieces before you invest lots of time in a piece.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhFhma76SmS5egTcmk6KV1rv-DCIvY1yG33KjeeZgo3fhaTpVAQRkc8sFDIRnA_EGT_LqEciYhJopJG8b_C8Vz9lIKeICz-QdZQGpX5vCffEtdhFAexAzKh1zMs_IPt645MxSgw4CvZBc/s1600/IMG_1521.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhFhma76SmS5egTcmk6KV1rv-DCIvY1yG33KjeeZgo3fhaTpVAQRkc8sFDIRnA_EGT_LqEciYhJopJG8b_C8Vz9lIKeICz-QdZQGpX5vCffEtdhFAexAzKh1zMs_IPt645MxSgw4CvZBc/s320/IMG_1521.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>A bit more on shrinkage:</b><br />Flat pieces made of PMC Sterling are shrinking 15% consistently. This stitched ring was fired as a flat strip, then bent around a mandrel and stitched. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This picture describes how I checked the shrinkage. The graph paper shape is the template I used to cut the ring out so it's the size of the ring in fresh clay (and 4 cards thick). The similar shape with the purple lines running across it is the fired piece enlarged by 118% (enlarging by 118% is equal to 15% shrinkage). These two shapes being the same size proves a shrinkage rate of 15%. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These small disks were made by my apprentice, <a href="http://www.erinlanemeharg.com/" target="_blank">Erin M. Harris</a>. They were rolled at two cards. She made a copy of the circles dry, ready to fire (the group on the right). The disks on the left are fired and enlarged by 118%. The two groups are equal in size proving that these small disks also shrank 15%.<br /><br />The official shrinkage rate is 15-20% and as I've said, there has been some variation in my results. However, the shrinkage seems to be consistent by type: Washer rings are consistent with other washer rings, but vary from band rings, which are consistent among themselves. <br /><br />Hattie Sanderson and Janet Alexander have both done a great deal of research on PMC Sterling in the past year. Janet keeps a <a href="http://janetalexanderdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog HERE.</a><br /><br />In this series of rings I am investigating shrinkage. I am also using a group of techniques that work with, rather than against, the natural tendency of metal clay to dry out; developing a natural edge, tearing, chipping and just turning the other cheek while it dries.<br /><br />2 Tips for working with carbon:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Pouring the carbon from 1 container to another, in front of a window fan (blowing out), will keep your carbon dust free. I do this after every 2nd or 3rd firing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">6" plastic ruler is a great way to keep track of how much carbon you've poured: Pour 10mm of carbon as a base, place your piece on that and continue pouring the carbon until it's 10mm above your piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have used
kiln paper to protect delicate openwork designs from carbon so that carbon granules don't wedge into open work and distort it. </span></div>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-54825834252759710342012-04-11T09:28:00.004-07:002012-04-11T09:35:09.214-07:00July Home Classes are up!If you are interested in a class, please let me know and I'll hold a spot. If you've already emailed me, your spot is saved! You can read more about the classes <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/schedule.html">HERE.</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nYheDtyT-WCIaq98n2wNooZjCUdNiaAiWUrXRSCoSQR_UuP0MmnZULagC1GaNJztMy0xHUnSgMZWbRZSZtrFVHLtmjAHhBjPozAfhBeXPheAhOsa64GkLokdfMmg78v3uqjK8SmebjaU/s1600/bracelets.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nYheDtyT-WCIaq98n2wNooZjCUdNiaAiWUrXRSCoSQR_UuP0MmnZULagC1GaNJztMy0xHUnSgMZWbRZSZtrFVHLtmjAHhBjPozAfhBeXPheAhOsa64GkLokdfMmg78v3uqjK8SmebjaU/s320/bracelets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730181057756282018" /></a><br />July 14-17 Polymer Clay Bracelets with PMC Adornments<br />July 21-24 Polymer Clay Bracelets with PMC Adornments (first class filled so I added a 2nd class)<br />July 28-31 Making Rings in PMC SterlingCelie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-78575061967907105002012-02-28T13:19:00.010-08:002012-02-28T13:47:00.589-08:00PMC Sterling Rings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;">Pictured here are a group of rings I'm working on for my upcoming <a href="http://www.craftcast.com/class-item/699986-ring-making-techniques-using-sterling-clay">CraftCast</a> webinar on April 4th and for my pre-PMC Conference class. Mostly I'm enjoying the process of learning about another new material, its pros and cons, and how to best integrate it into my studio.</span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglL6Y7ut-MUKlbA5pcTz4TDJexErGErk2_bcekxiO-cFZuxVa9csjF3RtkgoVXMdKxCr7638S6AeLnf1__LeuscvUDWVHN3vW4cT4aWUK4aT1RJJDUcFIeJLPxO4kkIVJ5p1DLaHoXuj9L/s1600/3tensionringsgroup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglL6Y7ut-MUKlbA5pcTz4TDJexErGErk2_bcekxiO-cFZuxVa9csjF3RtkgoVXMdKxCr7638S6AeLnf1__LeuscvUDWVHN3vW4cT4aWUK4aT1RJJDUcFIeJLPxO4kkIVJ5p1DLaHoXuj9L/s320/3tensionringsgroup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714301097027135666" /></span></a></div><div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">About the rings: They are all about the same size as this makes it easier for me to keep track of the shrinkage and determine if it's regular.</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">They are all 'open' because I haven't wanted to do this in fine silver clay and PMC Sterling seems a perfect opportunity. They are all carved because it's simply one of my favorite activities and PMC Sterling does it so well. I have discovered something: The drier the clay, the more it's likely to chip when carved. If you're carving PMC Sterling and it chips try giving it a "steam bath". By this I mean, put it in a hydrating environment <i>briefly</i> then carve. This might be 10 minutes but it depends on where you live, the thickness of the piece, etc. Don't overdo the hydration or it will get floppy and while this is good if you want to re-form the piece, it may make it too fragile to carve.</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Once I form, refine and carve the rings I begin trying different solutions. I have a lifetime of pebbles and pieces, not to mention those I make, to house on the rivet wire that joins the two sides of the ring band.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDglTqVK7B1sNpukR59sQ25Vm1i3yJN2nknlcZ5cvbk5Jubvnva7pkhP2iH_fmIodTepIS0LzZgfleYIrFeFHtkktMqWe62k4YcP8vi7CxSN2hQ_hyphenhyphenzddgVv__t2gHYjJP_epyKx7UmTxL/s320/2tensionringgroup925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714301094989636498" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:130%;">I love working this way: On one side of my desk I have a pile of treasures I've collected or made over the years: rocks, beads, baubles and bits. On the other side I am making and carving ring shanks, the solutions for the orphans in the other pile, the 'bits' pile. The fun is in mixing and matching them up then sorting out the inevitable problems that occur when joining disparite materials.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqNDPMtTwWTkbKQOy1agCVZq_opVM77b6JnW4Mg6V8fK-EQAMoa4qDRkPaIwl5TcnlrJuRZ7ZRJ24SverQrKwg9zPlRcxmb7rQkVxE9FvTT9PUU5YSDjiuBVMGE0vSYGknt-RKwzM9TVK/s1600/tensionringbronze.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqNDPMtTwWTkbKQOy1agCVZq_opVM77b6JnW4Mg6V8fK-EQAMoa4qDRkPaIwl5TcnlrJuRZ7ZRJ24SverQrKwg9zPlRcxmb7rQkVxE9FvTT9PUU5YSDjiuBVMGE0vSYGknt-RKwzM9TVK/s320/tensionringbronze.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714303735439736802" style="cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcq-W0Hbf_shLPB22AQezSCDN3Bfk8w5QFwQohwOrDzAeD5q4_VO5BVLsbcNSVl6C920D-U1pLhTnWYyNfG0UI3YDE6Gpt0BOeeZfraHkbJxrSrFtI76iEzCsSbTIy3Si70U-D31KFno7/s1600/11flipring925.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcq-W0Hbf_shLPB22AQezSCDN3Bfk8w5QFwQohwOrDzAeD5q4_VO5BVLsbcNSVl6C920D-U1pLhTnWYyNfG0UI3YDE6Gpt0BOeeZfraHkbJxrSrFtI76iEzCsSbTIy3Si70U-D31KFno7/s320/11flipring925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714302117507608610" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:130%;">This hollow form "flip ring" looks straightforward but actually depends on a tube inside the hollow form through which the rivet wire will go. Without the tube, the rivet wire would simply bend inside the hollow form. Fortunately the PMC Sterling's longer open working time serves it well for use with the extruder and the tube was easy to make.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQOB8wwyJpCCGkDKHVYeYbQssDASAgTZ5jjY2k1cJ58s-m_uQ7Fp4HHJxihChoB86EGl9iKvpAcUOHGNqho2Y_QOFMQFC6qZb0_dGMzrFhbGYOiGMje-011jv25JR09tvgNwg0k70AWHC/s1600/22hollowformring925.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQOB8wwyJpCCGkDKHVYeYbQssDASAgTZ5jjY2k1cJ58s-m_uQ7Fp4HHJxihChoB86EGl9iKvpAcUOHGNqho2Y_QOFMQFC6qZb0_dGMzrFhbGYOiGMje-011jv25JR09tvgNwg0k70AWHC/s320/22hollowformring925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714302124275166482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Later this month I'll be posting examples of other rings that will be featured on the <a href="http://www.craftcast.com/class-item/699986-ring-making-techniques-using-sterling-clay">Craftcast</a> webinar.<br /></span><br /></div><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fceliefagojewelry.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fpmc-sterling-rings.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;"Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-10704267213763167082011-12-08T14:31:00.000-08:002011-12-09T07:59:53.619-08:00More on PMC Sterling: Keum-Boo and Soldering<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I wanted to try more keum-boo on the new PMC Sterling and since I’m down to my last bit of fresh clay, I thought I’d rehydrate some dry clay.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUa-2ybBy7fTig5qgvQvqSTUZCHVRVl1ROgOzuQxzJ8bOjoZmqr3VLG-WIXsiWS6B9k1PFNl9Hl3O7DWti9K0WiAOpnu0PNPgUXmpzbHpxfqpbz_AKKZOQVz42ax-UQ2xWVsztwEUnF__/s320/dry925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683889986698749122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I had a rolled out rectangle of dry PMC Sterling that I’d practiced carving on with gouges.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It had been sitting in the open, on a shelf, in my studio since the summer.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Using passive rehydration, I spritzed it with distilled water, then stashed it under cover in my super re-hydrator (this crazy plastic gizmo that transports my cupcakes from the super market to my kitchen without mashing the icing). </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It’s small, airtight, and has a perfect spot to tuck a wet sponge in securely, and it’s free (all I have to do is buy the cupcake).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I call the technique “passive rehydration” because I don’t do anything to the clay I’m rehydrating except put it in an environment in which it can’t help but soak up moisture.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">If I’m in a hurry I might spritz it once or twice with water but that’s it.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I just leave it alone until it’s the consistency of workable clay.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">If it goes too far, and gets mushy, I pop off the gizmo cover and let a little air intervene.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I use this technique with all the clays, both for bringing dry clay back to fresh and for changing or re-forming shapes of dry clay.</span></span></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh165mqzPIj8MfvSDF6GA4ceGM0KHiBkmDPrgE9LRrwtM7Bl5DH3WrrSyeyoRyOok9mq62q6skHQOPbzHuIES55NlGCVJoY0syV8CaKxpZs-cN-ycA7Nne5-G2rTrqtyRwKZ0JsnUnuF4ey/s1600/desktop925.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh165mqzPIj8MfvSDF6GA4ceGM0KHiBkmDPrgE9LRrwtM7Bl5DH3WrrSyeyoRyOok9mq62q6skHQOPbzHuIES55NlGCVJoY0syV8CaKxpZs-cN-ycA7Nne5-G2rTrqtyRwKZ0JsnUnuF4ey/s320/desktop925.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683889823899647554" /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh165mqzPIj8MfvSDF6GA4ceGM0KHiBkmDPrgE9LRrwtM7Bl5DH3WrrSyeyoRyOok9mq62q6skHQOPbzHuIES55NlGCVJoY0syV8CaKxpZs-cN-ycA7Nne5-G2rTrqtyRwKZ0JsnUnuF4ey/s1600/desktop925.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><div style="display: inline ! important;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">(My desktop and re-hydrator)</span></span></p></div></div><div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></p></div><div style="display: inline ! important;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Later that same day, when the clay had returned to a good working consistency, I made two disks, textured on the back, smooth on the front. After air drying, I polished the smooth sides with 600, then 1200 grit micron graded polishing paper and fired them surrounded by 10-15mm of carbon on all sides (1000F for 30 in air on a kiln shelf, then 1510 for 45 minutes in well used, and well proved, coal carbon).</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I use a stainless steel container with a lid.</span></span></p></div></div><div><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span></span></span></span></span></p><span><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><span><div style="display: inline ! important;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSe8OnX4Wfd1NWqawmP3hIUAMZq18Nl4VexF1zGazCXmM4HHlWbPtnakNqIYCoRNnws1VAu1FicgkBHYVx4c0lKnck8AOp-15NIOvsB_rHar_P3hK8S5TaqE5Vw5UYMiy1f1eyDftalNC/s1600/rehydrated+925+%25232.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSe8OnX4Wfd1NWqawmP3hIUAMZq18Nl4VexF1zGazCXmM4HHlWbPtnakNqIYCoRNnws1VAu1FicgkBHYVx4c0lKnck8AOp-15NIOvsB_rHar_P3hK8S5TaqE5Vw5UYMiy1f1eyDftalNC/s320/rehydrated+925+%25232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683889988497197298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="display: inline !important; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">(Two fired disks, after being domed slightly)</span></span></p></div><div style="display: inline !important; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><u></u></span></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Keum-boo:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The disks were oxidized from taking them out of the carbon while hot but I’ve experimented enough with alloy silver metal clay to know that it </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">will </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">oxidize when heated and the gold foil </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">will</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> bond</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">regardless; without my having depletion gilded the sterling.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Nor does there seem to be much point in cleaning off the oxidation since the Sterling begins turning colors the instant it’s placed on the Ultra-Lite.</span></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I burnished on two layers of 24k gold foil in preparation for the likelihood of some degree of “fade” (diffusion of the gold foil into the surface of the silver) during the sustained heat of soldering.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Both layers bonded beautifully, no gaps or bubbles.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCnR1RiG0eFHNRIInVzid_4EGJoF-T8A0qULL2qOcOIqvgF0Vlverl6M6UtMw7uZFAtAI150zhLuHsBiIzEwMOiEF5EorhFvD3YJOI0CPa9Do5ImVpY9K7EzdYQpUuskpRQnZL0rrqE2S/s1600/keum-boo+925+dec+11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCnR1RiG0eFHNRIInVzid_4EGJoF-T8A0qULL2qOcOIqvgF0Vlverl6M6UtMw7uZFAtAI150zhLuHsBiIzEwMOiEF5EorhFvD3YJOI0CPa9Do5ImVpY9K7EzdYQpUuskpRQnZL0rrqE2S/s320/keum-boo+925+dec+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683892183567652850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> (The disk on the left has been brass brushed.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The one on the right has not.)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCnR1RiG0eFHNRIInVzid_4EGJoF-T8A0qULL2qOcOIqvgF0Vlverl6M6UtMw7uZFAtAI150zhLuHsBiIzEwMOiEF5EorhFvD3YJOI0CPa9Do5ImVpY9K7EzdYQpUuskpRQnZL0rrqE2S/s1600/keum-boo+925+dec+11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2rQVHR5AAMa0EjF9PoUK5eo9X-dcpeWDiEcd9kQr0u2um9quUvKgiDXf03UBKSh7tV4jxpXRKuYtSe0Gzfd2rNmqr-N_qo7MuLTCCUqgYdcDOXVmIu_-PeUqRY_o525kPHHifaNfnQ64/s1600/925soldering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2rQVHR5AAMa0EjF9PoUK5eo9X-dcpeWDiEcd9kQr0u2um9quUvKgiDXf03UBKSh7tV4jxpXRKuYtSe0Gzfd2rNmqr-N_qo7MuLTCCUqgYdcDOXVmIu_-PeUqRY_o525kPHHifaNfnQ64/s320/925soldering.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683892183435741586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px; " /></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2rQVHR5AAMa0EjF9PoUK5eo9X-dcpeWDiEcd9kQr0u2um9quUvKgiDXf03UBKSh7tV4jxpXRKuYtSe0Gzfd2rNmqr-N_qo7MuLTCCUqgYdcDOXVmIu_-PeUqRY_o525kPHHifaNfnQ64/s1600/925soldering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I prepared the disks for soldering by filing the backs to clean metal.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I also hammered (to increase surface area) and sanded the bent wires so they would lie flat against the disk backs. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><u></u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I used medium solder and the soldering was uneventful, no different from soldering any other sterling. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><u></u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><u></u></span></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">However, even moving as quickly as I did, the gold foil developed some tiny bubbles during the soldering process.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This is typical for keum-boo-ed sterling; it does tend to develop little bubbles when reheated.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My solution was to flip the disk over as soon as the solder flowed and burnish down the bubbles while the metal was hot.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This worked well and no gold came off during subsequent brass brushing.</span></span></p></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWsWZOkeyQ8GYKbGoHVxxxensMWpDAN_jjRy1lYYgxp9vJssVs30VoazygJu9RqEddLCijt9SgkiFS3seiv-s6OmIry8puEXrtrXd5gPBe0HM6X5Sgp91baQht4iQJXl8NOT5CIDbGMcO/s1600/finished+925+earrings.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWsWZOkeyQ8GYKbGoHVxxxensMWpDAN_jjRy1lYYgxp9vJssVs30VoazygJu9RqEddLCijt9SgkiFS3seiv-s6OmIry8puEXrtrXd5gPBe0HM6X5Sgp91baQht4iQJXl8NOT5CIDbGMcO/s320/finished+925+earrings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683892002033833058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzJgUiPTU1HL-QCK0GKoed5wtKEx8mrNY48LXBgRnOXhg415lUFAxX16MfM1Gx54PMRW1dMmlMwyhb1n1H1IU9Sob6RsW9xIafjvpFynxCFvaztvh98O21sNMSrk_Slr6HEw1ddwC_k-C/s1600/newcarvedbracelet11.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzJgUiPTU1HL-QCK0GKoed5wtKEx8mrNY48LXBgRnOXhg415lUFAxX16MfM1Gx54PMRW1dMmlMwyhb1n1H1IU9Sob6RsW9xIafjvpFynxCFvaztvh98O21sNMSrk_Slr6HEw1ddwC_k-C/s320/newcarvedbracelet11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683892007379507506" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzJgUiPTU1HL-QCK0GKoed5wtKEx8mrNY48LXBgRnOXhg415lUFAxX16MfM1Gx54PMRW1dMmlMwyhb1n1H1IU9Sob6RsW9xIafjvpFynxCFvaztvh98O21sNMSrk_Slr6HEw1ddwC_k-C/s1600/newcarvedbracelet11.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Although I do plan on focusing on rings in the new PMC Sterling, I am also working on other high wear adornments that I think should be made from Sterling clay. Both the silver and the polymer on my bracelets need to be sturdy as they do get bumped around on a wrist.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pictured here are a group of bracelet decorations I made last week in the new material.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Interrupting the edge, as I’ve done on several of the “back to back” lentils is more appropriate in Sterling than fine silver since I’m weakening it with the cuts.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:-1;"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I can’t believe I’m working with Sterling PMC! It’s very exciting and now, as I write, the mail is delivering this same excitement to all of you waiting with bated…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I look forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing your ideas come to fruition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></b></span></div><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fceliefagojewelry.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F12%2Fmore-on-pmc-sterling-keum-boo-and.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-9551934502855186692011-11-30T12:05:00.000-08:002011-11-30T12:21:22.663-08:00Holiday Sale!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I'm having a SALE through Dec 15th! Select pieces are marked down 10% in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/celiefago">my shop</a> (under <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/celiefago?section_id=7577594">SALE</a>), plus free Priority shipping on ANY purchase using coupon code: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">HOLIDAYFREESHIPPING</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01CnFvbZNEb7dL3l6dsxq8EusX1KiGkmBl4g6JKYFUYc69BelI0e71pB4zaRrSRudd69P52GkO0bEw2e1TW_bi4XYOR10wVR0R8q3zy3be9CVzuwauve5hiuea3bE_UnDuYa1Xvr1y8iX/s320/twig1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680883132104872130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Just added this new pair of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/87511609/carved-twig-earrings">Twig Earrings</a> to my shop. I've also added more earrings and several rings.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">'Tis the season!</span></div>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-58347169612353397132011-11-16T11:28:00.000-08:002011-11-16T20:22:05.365-08:00Testing the new PMC Sterling<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I am captivated by the new Sterling PMC; having worked with it since the spring, I want to write a little bit about my experience.<br /></span><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I’m thrilled to be able to say it’s very strong when fired and lovely to work with when fresh.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Like PMC Pro, it has a longer open working time than other versions of PMC.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">When dry, it’s generally similar to dry PMC3 or Plus except it's much easier to carve with gouges. It carves smoothly without chipping, like PMC Pro and like BronzClay.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Sterling PMC needs to be fired in 2 stages, a brief air fire and then a carbon firing.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is more complicated than the needs of fine silver PMC and at first it loomed large as a drawback for me.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As I began to appreciate its strong points, however, the double firing became a lot more tolerable.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">What follows is a brief story of my experience with the material to date. My plan for the winter is to explore more open work, more ring designs, hollow forms, and larger kiln loads.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">To be able to rely on metal clay for the kind of strength required by this type of work is thrilling to me. I look forward to developing ideas that I have been reluctant to do in PMC and also reluctant to fabricate in sterling metal.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Five Rings in Sterling PMC:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Please note: The times and temperatures I used in the firings described here were part of my testing process.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The times and temperatures described in the PMC Sterling insert are our up-to-date recommendations for firing.</span></p></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">All of these pieces were fired at 1000F for 30 minutes then 1510F for 45 minutes, in well used coal carbon.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All were fired with approx. 10mm of carbon on all sides (ie not much carbon). </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The first (corset ring, 4 cards thick) was fired flat as a strip then keum-boo-ed on the inside surface with two layers of 24k foil (the gold adhered nicely, although a few tiny spots resisted the bonding). Then the strip was formed into a ring around a mandrel, laced with wire, patinated and polished.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcIFb6ZGqKo3Dh5M9yXrbO9eMQo4bo5E-IelQoNmxJY7v27V3Rr0j1mVdXeS2WII8yplUoFvJSdKyNk4K3UKEWZKW_HphyphenhyphenrSgAQICMFVx9-_InQTc7N0nKhvZoawMpEaQnoXsafg6w_mp/s1600/stpmccorsetring.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcIFb6ZGqKo3Dh5M9yXrbO9eMQo4bo5E-IelQoNmxJY7v27V3Rr0j1mVdXeS2WII8yplUoFvJSdKyNk4K3UKEWZKW_HphyphenhyphenrSgAQICMFVx9-_InQTc7N0nKhvZoawMpEaQnoXsafg6w_mp/s320/stpmccorsetring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675679643059830290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LxkwNyO24Yh1FygnydHrSV0Y7R5p8NsL3tH63AZg9xbxp2TU0hhXQzoLKuO3VJnFsxA866Yteo4GIAdYW8at5Iudqbh3UFMLjb56EIH_hjxpM-q3ZtI4-jVoxkgJ_Y6UnwXlNzVs5ltF/s1600/stpmccorsetdetail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LxkwNyO24Yh1FygnydHrSV0Y7R5p8NsL3tH63AZg9xbxp2TU0hhXQzoLKuO3VJnFsxA866Yteo4GIAdYW8at5Iudqbh3UFMLjb56EIH_hjxpM-q3ZtI4-jVoxkgJ_Y6UnwXlNzVs5ltF/s320/stpmccorsetdetail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675679638724257074" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This bee ring was fired face down and in spite of the band being thin, it did not warp or slump.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The bee is quite thin, but strong and unmovable with my fingers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"> <p class="MsoNormal">The bee was more challenging to keum-boo than the corset ring, I think because the corset has no texture on the inside.</p><p class="MsoNormal">There was some staining on the surface of the bee that seemed to repel the gold.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I tried cleaning it off but I couldn’t get the gold to adhere to some spots.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This type of staining, after the carbon firing, has not happened again. The fact that the gold adheres as well as it does to the sterling without depletion gilding or any other preparation is still a mystery. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_Fxt1Od-4li7nHoF9m6sVrJicx2NnA4GVJbWnbNVADqzt2QVGMl6LxQGsLVkMSX4FOOVq7JlwLh9ajGR8l56IArTfRpX2x3cdboLoUjkj7woL2Z0b69i8dSFAecAGX1khQaVfRuSe3_y/s1600/stpmcbeering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_Fxt1Od-4li7nHoF9m6sVrJicx2NnA4GVJbWnbNVADqzt2QVGMl6LxQGsLVkMSX4FOOVq7JlwLh9ajGR8l56IArTfRpX2x3cdboLoUjkj7woL2Z0b69i8dSFAecAGX1khQaVfRuSe3_y/s320/stpmcbeering.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675680533996784226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I made 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strength in open work pieces and also attachments like the little balls, which I attached with slip.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It did well on both counts.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The ring is thin but strong and the balls are not coming off.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0LTiQMOSNdCTuCzyDrZ_1_M9YaE8ZE3_fuxSyY_cOISEVSkqVMh5AMzzOhpAdRoyPxW3qy9u3nbQAZpWwXPcois-zPG9VyHe9cQBoENpkkEOCqDVIPElFnfaZojrtmrEYlXEpPOj9llH/s1600/stpmcleafring.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0LTiQMOSNdCTuCzyDrZ_1_M9YaE8ZE3_fuxSyY_cOISEVSkqVMh5AMzzOhpAdRoyPxW3qy9u3nbQAZpWwXPcois-zPG9VyHe9cQBoENpkkEOCqDVIPElFnfaZojrtmrEYlXEpPOj9llH/s320/stpmcleafring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675682361908070658" style="cursor: pointer; 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fired this ring face down in the carbon with a piece of kiln paper under the cutouts and on top of the cutouts so the carbon granules would not jam into the cut out areas. This worked perfectly well although the ring itself is too thin to be practical. In spite of it being thin, it did not slump. I fired this ring with 4 other pieces; two hollow tubes and two flat pieces. All fired to strong metal.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaTDuZpDNnTK3F4cVUHpRtVSl2b8q1rKi9BiQHfiLdW4lu_Uw07Z5A1d5_3-I5faD1Soq0aHDnkJq3bBER6pl-LxscvPmi0eD6UwxkW7yxEPHCc5qRkeIXR_153qbDb2QIEcdTciK5I9e/s1600/925cutoutring.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaTDuZpDNnTK3F4cVUHpRtVSl2b8q1rKi9BiQHfiLdW4lu_Uw07Z5A1d5_3-I5faD1Soq0aHDnkJq3bBER6pl-LxscvPmi0eD6UwxkW7yxEPHCc5qRkeIXR_153qbDb2QIEcdTciK5I9e/s320/925cutoutring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675683158584264770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">(dry ring)</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VhHV24XBoYP3EvGsTXcesmUvm1TweCKzahatV8pdUYCwu4S1ob4mZHYWQ06-wWUxSyrfxx67N1D7bDjtQvmSJ0Bf0BWdoUzCL1zsJK2uzjx9IcXif43qSRO578pjzstXYphnEHfJJa0l/s1600/925incarbon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VhHV24XBoYP3EvGsTXcesmUvm1TweCKzahatV8pdUYCwu4S1ob4mZHYWQ06-wWUxSyrfxx67N1D7bDjtQvmSJ0Bf0BWdoUzCL1zsJK2uzjx9IcXif43qSRO578pjzstXYphnEHfJJa0l/s320/925incarbon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675683159877149330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></p><p></p> <!--EndFragment--><p></p> <!--EndFragment--><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">(ready for firing)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This cylinder is the first hollow form I’ve made in sterling PMC. The caps on the top and bottom are donuts (rather than solid clay). I did this to conserve material. The cylinder did not distort in the firing; next time I will make it thinner walled and lighter weight.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I’m experimenting with firing more pieces in the carbon. The cylinder was fired with 4 other small pieces: 1000F in air for 30 minutes then 1510F in coal carbon for 45 minutes. All pieces are strong and well sintered.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy9e8pIM167o26MAwnCXMig9KXjHWAFc_UpaNGWaDSFFJ7nYdzHBmHpGHfRa3gx6nQU_7cM8GJT4sGK4QbNZbkwiMSZLn9dJXpSk-VQcdXNPOLaoujyMWoL2rN3s5Ro1HCeKBTT1evW_2/s1600/STPMCcylinderbead.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy9e8pIM167o26MAwnCXMig9KXjHWAFc_UpaNGWaDSFFJ7nYdzHBmHpGHfRa3gx6nQU_7cM8GJT4sGK4QbNZbkwiMSZLn9dJXpSk-VQcdXNPOLaoujyMWoL2rN3s5Ro1HCeKBTT1evW_2/s320/STPMCcylinderbead.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675677984732120994" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I'll write more as I experiment more and experiment I will. As with the BronzClay, and then the PRO, I look forward to discoveries I'll make bumping along in territory that is not entirely known. As with everything to do with metal clay the pleasure is in the pioneering (well, at least most of the time).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I look forward to hearing about your discoveries, as well!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I'm teaching a PMC Sterling ring class before the PMC Conference this summer. The class is full but please let me know if you'd like to be on my mailing list for upcoming PMC Sterling classes.</span></p></div><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fceliefagojewelry.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Ftesting-new-pmc-sterling.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-35628706882282506912011-09-28T10:20:00.000-07:002011-09-29T07:36:33.397-07:00We have a Winner!<span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks so much to all who purchased raffle tickets for my Helping Hand Pendant. I'm so pleased to announce that we raised $1940 and I'm going to make it an even $2000 and send it to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 20px; font-family:georgia, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://craftemergency.org/emergency-response/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Craft Emergency Relief Fund [CERF]</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://craftemergency.org/emergency-response/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. All the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> proceeds will directly benefit Vermont craftspeople hurt by Hurricane Irene.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOqUD3KkI4zbpfNq629HoiS-Drs9BT0TXAKfhB3IN8DpPE7GkqUTgjHDT6KHN52I-J_-R0vZLPMtqwppDi7DDXunutXZe-A2JeC4Y8wJAeRlOBzvturoSZds_5pN_bYj71z6rT0ctwaSC/s320/celiehand.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657465924114171298" /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And the winner is...............Terry Palmer of Lafayette, LA.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Congratulations Terry and to everyone for giving a helping hand!</span></span></span></span></div>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-33316495678075797162011-09-12T14:00:00.000-07:002011-11-16T09:00:03.784-08:00Helping Hand Pendant Raffle to Benefit Vermont Flood Victims<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Hurricane Irene's flood waters devastated vermont on August 28th. My own town in Central Vermont was particularly hard hit. My family's farm is high on a hill and we were not effected but many of our neighbors lost everything. I'm raffling off this "Helping Hand" pendant hoping to help in a small way.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEH7C-IMO0mWw_QAXuz8rzcEkFI7ooUlZ1b7CH0l_6H-FQZh278M6HZGHUroYB4nSeINBih48YQrhEzYpj5qOY5BAY8hT31GSUwvUYVkcC4hGhe18q8fIdCo2vvTU4t1wt2re4licBTrQh/s1600/hand2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEH7C-IMO0mWw_QAXuz8rzcEkFI7ooUlZ1b7CH0l_6H-FQZh278M6HZGHUroYB4nSeINBih48YQrhEzYpj5qOY5BAY8hT31GSUwvUYVkcC4hGhe18q8fIdCo2vvTU4t1wt2re4licBTrQh/s320/hand2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651566009435701570" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">This sculpted brass hand is very gestural. It features 2 hammered sterling bracelets and 1 made of twisted red brass. It hangs on an 18" sterling chain with a handmade sterling s-hook. The hand is 1 3/8" long.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaIIWGKDoDggCmAeBgc4Q2iMgwmikmKhVF3Wh4UspQsJ6ymzmieNsKdKq9xTeNE8XoLnjlymoXDca-zWJiscKmKcRjfNICRn0FxQIGmc2TdQBW53UZ3GC4FY5k9qTDktNeSdkh7r6OL_A/s1600/hand1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaIIWGKDoDggCmAeBgc4Q2iMgwmikmKhVF3Wh4UspQsJ6ymzmieNsKdKq9xTeNE8XoLnjlymoXDca-zWJiscKmKcRjfNICRn0FxQIGmc2TdQBW53UZ3GC4FY5k9qTDktNeSdkh7r6OL_A/s320/hand1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651566003064520402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;">The pendant's value is $150.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">All proceeds will directly benefit Vermont craftspeople hurt by Hurricane Irene (through the <a href="http://craftemergency.org/emergency-response/">Craft Emergency Relief Fund [CERF]</a>).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">First pay using the Paypal button below. As soon as you do, your name will be put in a hat.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;">The winner will be drawn on September 28th (that date will mark 1 month since Irene). The winner's name will be announced on my blog and the piece will be mailed that day.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">You can choose 1 ticket for $10 or 3 tickets for $25</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:large;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-SF_mvcOh9RvFR_v3J-I1l88FHioItEVadRb8enru3KRNZwfUURnb2LpUD_xBwqDzy8yd_WEfJLL1FivI1EpyWk4hlUm0IHKYwdvt_2cNyl32DtHF9z07fnUuhlxsvnomJa6cxnQCIkf/s320/hand3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651566008708297986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></div>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-59948736923620834292011-08-11T07:12:00.000-07:002011-08-11T08:26:56.695-07:00Branching Out<div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><div><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGIhvl0i6yjRJWyYyn2YqwZOdMBasv2mJXTEsbIo2vyNQ_ruR6uJ81eX0_qQhannIBA4DaHbY1ySt9Mb98UhZE1UWqjfA0S31HJtQzGPpTb5FeYBcU5BbkIqD4T0LJD_mn36yavfdS4N0/s320/1twigneck.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639617604615254514" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I began collecting sticks when I first started walking in the woods, many decades ago here in Vermont. Piles of them wait, in all their twisted fancy, in boxes in my wood shed, precariously poised between craft and kindling. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTJlLZDKWnyIRHO0OQcLk6LPW3cTcT6X80Y5ZCjPqNVJMyHRfeDZMFRgrIXDRnvvS82atnkWuy-2Xsd4Sf-VGjFzK_-OdftF_V4kGgqNTxxawxRs_PY9yQ2yqETnaoVcHMBRM7CAXiC26/s1600/woodpile.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTJlLZDKWnyIRHO0OQcLk6LPW3cTcT6X80Y5ZCjPqNVJMyHRfeDZMFRgrIXDRnvvS82atnkWuy-2Xsd4Sf-VGjFzK_-OdftF_V4kGgqNTxxawxRs_PY9yQ2yqETnaoVcHMBRM7CAXiC26/s320/woodpile.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639617606922453218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">But many perfect little exemplars have found places among the jewels and junk collected on my countertops; on their own, adorning other found objects, or sprouting bits and bobs of metal and metal clay. </span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQYmQg0M3Hgd_dG6vHZubcXghycW4NWXjpJPYZdLDBmd0bhwcCfGvRAAaPTX3BozB2P_rkBmY4IkR22liM_loIARsrCMWG5Ths0N_KKVL-sMaz9d2M0K15882UCrbxL3mkuIG-7TtvCXo/s1600/desk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQYmQg0M3Hgd_dG6vHZubcXghycW4NWXjpJPYZdLDBmd0bhwcCfGvRAAaPTX3BozB2P_rkBmY4IkR22liM_loIARsrCMWG5Ths0N_KKVL-sMaz9d2M0K15882UCrbxL3mkuIG-7TtvCXo/s320/desk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639603179992579362" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">The little stick that found its way onto the <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/pmc_pendant_with_new_polyme.html">Treasures Bracelet</a> was collected years ago and patiently stored against the day it would meet opportunity in my work. It was there, beckoning, when I was working to finish the Treasures Bracelet class sample last spring. At first just another charm, later I saw it as one of several alternative materials that would enable me to use less precious silver.</span></div><div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq359-XaCYpfaliMC2Nr3HsioTdHwobf_qbK4rOBS0Rez_HkgIJIJA2UrWyN9qu0zMmtoswA3DrjtK3q3N0jIuwydBgO8XZlBYcrAdNj7M73Wu5aQ31tMMQ46CfIiDB55I3hhI2CaxgHEQ/s320/_MG_0066-Edit-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639606465197952130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I set the twig idea aside to work on the toggle ideas for that class knowing that between the spring classes in June and the <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/schedule.html">upcoming fall classes in September</a>, I'd have a chance to go back to the twigs. But practicality aside, the twig, and the idea of using twigs embellished with all kinds of things, became irrisistable.
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<br /></div></div>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-55301377215486577722011-08-02T10:38:00.000-07:002011-08-02T11:02:17.610-07:00More Toggle Designs<span style="font-size:130%;">I've been working on some new designs for my upcoming <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/pmc_pendant_with_new_polyme.html">Treasures Bracelet Class</a>.<br />This one is made by rolling fresh PMC onto a carved polymer texture plate. I like the way a small detail taken from the texture plate becomes a whole, more than the sum of it's parts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE10_tgTam-OYL-Qi926L0fuajI83X0grfmZKbeup2egD0vMFDnZDx73ZoTzQRhkkfvt4dOvbPTl0cQOYavvtGlzBT-ayWO-T4kq_y6kBU9L44KhjBo799bf0y_7bts7lhackodQiRmapA/s1600/togglewithplate.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE10_tgTam-OYL-Qi926L0fuajI83X0grfmZKbeup2egD0vMFDnZDx73ZoTzQRhkkfvt4dOvbPTl0cQOYavvtGlzBT-ayWO-T4kq_y6kBU9L44KhjBo799bf0y_7bts7lhackodQiRmapA/s320/togglewithplate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636314507008819250" border="0" /></a><br />This toggle is made by carving directly in the dry PMC. I rolled out clay to 5 cards, cut out my shapes, dried and lightly sanded them. I used a 1.5 mm U gauge (micro carving tool) to carve the design onto both sides (all the carving scraps are reconstituted). The toggle pieces were fired flat on a kiln shelf and curved on a ring mandrel after firing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4XPEmsB-TW270dHyd6Md4_8fN_j3UxhJrDwCHrQq_lgXYF7328Y7I98BFT9gu36_oIwqwqR0872YoJY1YauaSns2aLRgFQSSPLWQ2MLt4tHsL14iapYq1PAhfMWcCKY826oY-xEBMjcA/s1600/carvedtoggleaug11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4XPEmsB-TW270dHyd6Md4_8fN_j3UxhJrDwCHrQq_lgXYF7328Y7I98BFT9gu36_oIwqwqR0872YoJY1YauaSns2aLRgFQSSPLWQ2MLt4tHsL14iapYq1PAhfMWcCKY826oY-xEBMjcA/s320/carvedtoggleaug11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636314507588442162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There are still some spots remaining in the <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/pmc_pendant_with_new_polyme.html">Class</a>!<br /></span>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-54456996993958936872011-07-14T12:32:00.000-07:002011-07-14T12:40:06.523-07:00Fall Home Classes just posted!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.celiefago.com/two_variations_on_the_revol.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Revolving Ring with Polymer Inlay</span></span></a></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 10px; 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width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGtXNoowRK-zAm8G1u0D1rT9UJXNLkwFG0BGVgn3prJdjr7Mw1c_FaVVhmhb_p6i1zuw6RdOLd71d1Klp2smR5NHCAZchuT1sndauySdsYNK9EnW0D_vOYwqyxvm2CEbnSnkvdyjJmW8S/s1600/polymerflipringback.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGtXNoowRK-zAm8G1u0D1rT9UJXNLkwFG0BGVgn3prJdjr7Mw1c_FaVVhmhb_p6i1zuw6RdOLd71d1Klp2smR5NHCAZchuT1sndauySdsYNK9EnW0D_vOYwqyxvm2CEbnSnkvdyjJmW8S/s320/polymerflipringback.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629294173653358722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " /></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></p></span>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-78298959032166781262011-05-11T07:09:00.000-07:002011-05-11T15:27:54.986-07:00Gravity, Gravitas: The Weight of Silver<span style="font-size:130%;">I'm not going to write about the high cost of silver because everyone is doing that and nobody really knows what's what and I certainly don't have a clue. But I would like to describe my personal response to this meteoric leap in cost.<br /><br />First, I wrote students in my upcoming classes to say I wouldn't be selling PMC in my classes. Figuring out when to buy clay and how to price it is beyond what I want to do. Second, I sold my scrap silver and that made me feel A LOT better about the price of silver. I suffer no qualms of contradiction for celebrating the price I'm getting for my scrap on the one hand, and carping about the cost I'm paying for silver on the other.<br /><br />But here's the real response I want to describe:<br />The cost of silver was worming its way into my studio life. It was inhibiting my work; there was a big green dollar sign hovering just under my desk light, over my desk whenever I sat down to work. It was off putting and fast becoming a serious deterrent to rolling out clay. Then I started thinking about it in a different way; as a call to action of sorts. After all, I do use other materials in addition to PMC; why not take this as a challenge and let the other materials do the heavy lifting? The silver is not diminished by being lessened. Rather, it's celebrated. Cherished.<br /><br />For many years I've made this toggle clasp (Ouroboros, pictured below) out of carved solid snakes of PMC.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGwhG0gKuo_GI51MHHjBgS6Ri6AzYa9EBV3hRQKT04d9eiRVxez3xwDATg5BTL8pKYQSTQjxb2y45WJnS2hk2p_v5d0IJc26_PQzTV_aN6LrDvMYzUCcWiIWiKdwvdpg70EwXDm1qdAow/s1600/silvertoggle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGwhG0gKuo_GI51MHHjBgS6Ri6AzYa9EBV3hRQKT04d9eiRVxez3xwDATg5BTL8pKYQSTQjxb2y45WJnS2hk2p_v5d0IJc26_PQzTV_aN6LrDvMYzUCcWiIWiKdwvdpg70EwXDm1qdAow/s320/silvertoggle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605562017853213298" border="0" /></a><br />It's heavy, very heavy. It uses a lot of precious metal clay. So, last week I remade it out of polymer then embellished it with little bits of PMC.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7AB1Ky_55ZuJ7j7dfi9n9PYHsQ2ZNx4oT-Fchi-LrYE8u0SOcHOezqMFKIxyCcR3jn2SumNcH0rKLdyDhl3VqlJ7WVVjAG9Y-YdMQS8e6QxpqLzSWEBLAlZg-dNIrpb0EO3zlhOxQ26I/s1600/closedpolymertoggle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7AB1Ky_55ZuJ7j7dfi9n9PYHsQ2ZNx4oT-Fchi-LrYE8u0SOcHOezqMFKIxyCcR3jn2SumNcH0rKLdyDhl3VqlJ7WVVjAG9Y-YdMQS8e6QxpqLzSWEBLAlZg-dNIrpb0EO3zlhOxQ26I/s320/closedpolymertoggle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605504953366471730" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg30wsoNEEDt_hu5uisS7T0OdmeY4YjP0FZOhMMze9nNNLIyfVp5RSi6WqeU2D5eYEp0HE5oUj9zXCRc51ILAVKEzkXeIHI9e88QUwDmHgHMj5E3V_zU3_p7_ScE_KbFzHYs7pqXwYQ9w7/s1600/openpolymertoggle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg30wsoNEEDt_hu5uisS7T0OdmeY4YjP0FZOhMMze9nNNLIyfVp5RSi6WqeU2D5eYEp0HE5oUj9zXCRc51ILAVKEzkXeIHI9e88QUwDmHgHMj5E3V_zU3_p7_ScE_KbFzHYs7pqXwYQ9w7/s320/openpolymertoggle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605504951226583554" border="0" /></a><br />As soon as I finished it I began to see other ways I could have accomplished the goal of using silver less automatically, and other toggles I could make. Now I have many ideas I intend to pursue, all of which serve the dual purpose of nourishing my creativity (I love a challenge) and saving my precious silver.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaAkCV6pSsrpO2qjs6Kr1hnxJB1oljSc0qbygC_Ydaa4wkZxcqkb7SLWdwhRjRvqmg7KBwy-ZD3mcUt9iPsGU5GQT3oeks7wN6Md4rgNDVj-YVT3uZGZYT1TqJdzPXhKpznV-O_MxxsuZ/s1600/polymertoggles.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaAkCV6pSsrpO2qjs6Kr1hnxJB1oljSc0qbygC_Ydaa4wkZxcqkb7SLWdwhRjRvqmg7KBwy-ZD3mcUt9iPsGU5GQT3oeks7wN6Md4rgNDVj-YVT3uZGZYT1TqJdzPXhKpznV-O_MxxsuZ/s320/polymertoggles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605504957994946290" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Above is a photo of polymer toggles in process.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinISfQMoezWzniM9ZzdVL5mz8UJO6BuS4ipOCz0FQFXLFwkBeh8vlI76vQpGl5X9pKs65sBTy13qIHB__1AURVDFidgwMeCHm5navorABHJP9vNRhS2s8chmKVXpdvXiJFUrtHlHt2xR_i/s1600/carvedtogglewood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinISfQMoezWzniM9ZzdVL5mz8UJO6BuS4ipOCz0FQFXLFwkBeh8vlI76vQpGl5X9pKs65sBTy13qIHB__1AURVDFidgwMeCHm5navorABHJP9vNRhS2s8chmKVXpdvXiJFUrtHlHt2xR_i/s320/carvedtogglewood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605504967851301730" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Above shows a carved PMC toggle </span><span style="font-size:130%;">ring and carved wood sticks that have been rubbed with paint and will be embellished with silver and fashioned into toggle bars.<br /><br />Many years ago, when I first discovered these materials, adding metal to polymer was my starting point. I loved polymer clay but until I began mixing metal with it in the early nineties, it lacked something, for me anyway: it lacked gravity; it lacked gravitas.<br /><br />A little PMC goes a long way to enhancing polymer. It adds weight, which in my opinion the polymer needs, it adds dynamism, it adds value. I love the way the combination looks and feels.<br />But there are so many other materials that are so enhanced by that dash of silver; wood, rusty metal and old tin, broom straw, etc.<br /><br />Although I made these sample toggles for my upcoming <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/pmc_pendant_with_new_polyme.html">Treasures Bracelet </a>class, all of my <a href="http://www.celiefago.com/schedule.html">upcoming classes</a> incorporate polymer to some degree. Because silver prices are a concern to anyone likely to come to my classes, I expect these ideas will find an enthusiastic home among my students, and although I won't actually get into my studio to pursue these ideas myself until July, I will have the opportunity to talk about them with the creative crowd in my classroom.<br /></span>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-70923606114259082392011-05-11T07:00:00.000-07:002011-05-11T07:09:26.726-07:00Class Rescheduled: PMC Pendant with New Polymer Inlay Techniques<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >at the Baltimore Bead Society<br /></span><p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </p><p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4 Day Class - October 29th - November 1st<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aaoXUfjsNOAMYB6ttMJHixYnB3PutPMu2CjGOxmW7PpKdueUXbCKE4ih6H9r87vxU9gV8Kj7n6pdIVdBhrxMEwSPjRiagh_Gzqc17MzSFiG4R5yUW3rNKQwqFmmrSSr-GvNVkU5qrcQi/s1600/polymerinlaypendant.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aaoXUfjsNOAMYB6ttMJHixYnB3PutPMu2CjGOxmW7PpKdueUXbCKE4ih6H9r87vxU9gV8Kj7n6pdIVdBhrxMEwSPjRiagh_Gzqc17MzSFiG4R5yUW3rNKQwqFmmrSSr-GvNVkU5qrcQi/s320/polymerinlaypendant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605460075283739858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:130%;" >First create your own, unique textures for metal clay from black and white images using the tear away technique. Then, using these textures, design and construct a beautiful seamless PMC pendant using techniques developed by Celie. After firing and finishing the pendant, you’ll use tear away paper to roll print an image onto colored, collaged sheets of polymer clay. Then you'll transform these with paint, pastel, oil crayon and colored pencil into brilliant miniature tapestries. Finally, size and set your polymer image in your PMC pendant using rudimentary metalsmithing techniques including riveting, hammering, and patinas. Finish your pendant with a sterling chain and decorative dangles.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: georgia;"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" >For more information and to register contact:</span></p> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b><b><b><div><b><b><b> <div><span style="font-weight: normal;">Terri Wright at terriwright@comcast.net<terriwright@comcast.net><br /></terriwright@comcast.net></span></div></b></b></b></div></b></b></b></span>Celie Fagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882708184096696744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9116669054068599989.post-57573361679988833872010-08-24T08:43:00.000-07:002010-08-24T09:18:09.318-07:00PMC PRONew work in PMC Pro! 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