In the next couple of days I’ll probably be posting a tutorial of some sort on making jewelry with precious metal clay (PMC), but I was just looking through some photographs of some of my earlier work and found a really cool bracelet I made a couple of years ago:
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This bracelet was made using PMC, a rubber stamp, leather, and sterling silver findings. Here is a close-up of the bracelet:
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Although I like to make hand-fabricated jewelry more, PMC is a great medium and a fun technique to use in jewelry making. If you’re not convinced, check out the online galleries on the PMC Guild website. Some of these pieces just blow my mind.
I was just playing around with my PMC yesterday and was experimenting with thumbprints. Nothing turned out very good though. My creativity was very low for some reason and I just couldn’t get into the groove.
I always thought I’d love a thumb print necklace or charm bracelet (with all 3 of our prints). It sounds like PMC would be a great way to do it. I’ll have to read more about it.
Cool Bracelet!