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June 17th, 2009 by AdamHunter | Comments Off | Filed in Arts and Crafts
- Image by Helmetti via Flickr
Precious Metal Clay (PMC) made its first appearance in the 1990’s and has become popular in jewellery making. The clay is a combination of binders and tiny particles of precious metal suspended in the clay.
Once heated, the binders burn off, allowing the particles of metal to combine and resulting in a solid metal piece. The most common type of PMC is silver clay, although gold and even bronze clays are available (the gold clay being very expensive).
Tags: Bangle, binders, filigree, Gold Jewellery, impressions, lace, metals, Precious Metal Clay, Remarkable Material, rollers, Shrinkage, Silver Beads, Silver Bracelet, Silver Clay, Specialist Equipment, Textured Surface, Tiny Particles
