I bought the bloody kiln.:curse:

That's true love you know

lol seems a recurring theme, Mr MMC bought me my compressor for airbrushing lol.

Mrs L that silver stuff seems fab will be looking into that, and Novo your wifes pots are stunning. Karma to you both.

What did you make MrsL?

Gorgeous, up here in cottage country those would sell easily and for good money too.

Do you want to become an agent?

No, but I can recommend some shops to sell in.

Hi! I made a butterfly pendant. It was an easy make but it's the firing that takes a bit of practice as I was using a blow torch. The first one was the right thickness but I didn't fire it for long enough so was still brittle and I broke it in half!! The second one I made and had a go at force drying (which would have worked out ok but the butterfly this time was too thick to an air bubble formed and it blew out slightly so it's a bit lumpy looking. With some polishing, etc, I'll be able to polish it out but it was an experimental piece. I have a dremmel multi tool (husband bought me as well!!! - there's a theme here) so that should do it.

Incase you give it a try (MMC too!) - you can learn by my mistakes!!

If your interested in looking here's a link to a site where there is a pic the butterfly

http://www.docrafts.co.uk/gallery/?pg=v&uid=48692

You're very crafty - love the snowflakes they would look great on a chain!

I like the snowflakes but they are not PMC!! That's other stuff I got (oh goodness hubby's getting to know way too much here!!). It's an embossing powder which looks like metal when heated.

They did, however, give me a great idea for a chain so I've got a design in mind. It's possibly going to be my next project. I keep a sketchbook of ideas in the hope that i'll get round to it one day!!

I would definitely recommend you having a go. It's great fun.

The butterfly and snowflakes are great and I'm sure you will get past your initial problems. I was wondering how thin you can go with the precious metal clay as I would like to make some wrapped stone pendants. They are like a natural stone with thin silver wire spiralling around in a random fashion.
(I tried to attach a picture of one but wasn't able to copy it)

You can go really quite thin with it, but the PMC might not be the best to do wrapped items. I've got a glass stone that I'd like to do something similar, but I think it'd probably be best if you were to buy silver wire and wrap them that way. If I'm thinking along the same lines as you you'd have the stone inside the shell or the shape?

You can by PMC in a syringe which you squeeze out. One example is using a cork ball to randomly wrap around, then let it dry and once dry fire it (in a very well ventillated area) This way the cork burns away and your left with a silver ball with gaps (if you get what I mean). Your stones may not fire and would certainly burn some and once wrapped you couldn't clean them up very well. I'd definitely get some sterling silver wire instead (be cheaper too) and wrap them that way.

I've got a great book by Tim McCreight who is the PMC guru. He says that you can only fire certain stones and them some of it is trial and error.

Sorry this may confuse you more!!

No I understand that and I think silver wire might be better for what I want to do having just done some research on this site http://wire-sculpture.com/

Don't know if the attachment will work this time to show the sort of thing I mean.

And this one too. Although I don't want the designs to look too formal.

They are gorgeous but yup, I think silver wire (you can get the flat, off the roll as well) would be the best way to go.

I noticed silversmithing classes are running where were looking to go live when we get to Calgary, so I'll be signing up for them as soon as I get settled in my new job.

Hope you post what you make. It be good to see.