Category Archives: PMC

katharina vones’ silicone sea creatures

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I’m attending Robert Dancik’s online masterclass, Amulets & Talismans.  Last night Dancik spoke about marrying the components of a piece of jewelry (or sculpture) with the appropriate connections and the possibility of using those connections to draw attention to the piece. Robert Dancik, please meet Kathy Vones.

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weltman adds bronzclay to the mix

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cindy silas on the web

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I met polymer clay/pmc artist Cindy Silas at Synergy – she was told that there was someone else ‘pushing polymer’ through metal and that we should meet.  Of course my metal was a store-bought bracelet blank.  Silas’ metal was fine silver.  Fine silver that she fabricated.  Different league.  Maybe even a league of its own.

Promenade, Cindy Silas 2008, fine silver, polymer clay

Her work is elegant, refined, warm, welcoming.  Back in February her website was just a page – a placeholder for the real thing.  I’m delighted that the site is now live – you can have a front row seat and watch as her gallery grows.  Congratulations on the new website Cindy!

Circles, Cindy Silas 2008, fine silver, polymer clay

Cindy Silas -  website

celie fago masters clay: bronze, polymer, pmc

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Celie Fago has taken a new material and already elevated it to the professional level.  One of the first to experiment with Bronzclay, Fago’s distinctive style is present and accounted for with the oh-so-interesting material.  I heard from a reliable source that she will be coming to the New York area soon to teach a Bronzclay workshop. I’ll let you know as soon as the date is set. Guess who will be the first in line for this workshop?

Three Rings, Celie Fago 2008, BronzClay, polymer clay

Fence Bracelet, Celie Fago 2008, BronzClay

Fago’s work is cutting edge while maintaining the look of ancient artifacts. The artist seamlessly incorporates polymer clay inlays into her PMC work and I hope we see the same trend with the Bronzclay.  The ring below is a good example of her mixed media work.  Here’s the back view of the ring.

Polymer Flip Ring, Celie Fago 2008, PMC, polymer clay

via All Things Metal Clay, where Elaine has been keeping us up to date with BronzClay news.

Looking for more information about Bronzclay?  Tonya Davidson gets us started with this 9 minute Bronzclay video tutorial.

kathryn wardill branches out

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Branches, a series of recent jewellery objects, explores branch structures in silver and glass. Branching in a new direction, this collection invents new plantlike structures, to be worn on the body.

Branches Brooches

Blue Branches

Kathryn Wardill’s PMC + Glass. Possibly the most interesting use of Precious Metal Clay that I’ve seen yet. On the website click the ‘jewelry’ tab and then click both the ‘greenery’ and ‘branches’ tabs to see all of her work with PMC and Glass. Hot stuff.

Another beautiful branch