Jewelry

• Many PMC artists design gold and silver jewelry items with precious metal clay. Pendants, charms, brooches, beads, earrings and rings, with and without gemstone settings, are popular jewelry item designs. Like modeling clay, PMC accepts impressions from rubber stamps or anything with an embossed or patterned surface. Clay cutting tools also work to remove portions of the PMC, giving the artist more flexible design options than if they were working with solid metal materials. After the jewelry is fired in a kiln or torch-heated to burn away the binder, the artist can smooth and polish the resulting precious metal designs.
  
  

Precious Metal Art

• Sculptures and mixed media art design ideas for PMC clay includes any shape that the artist can mold, carve, layer or texture. PMC designs shrink when fired due to the binder burning away, so the artist must create her designs an average of 30 percent larger than the desired size of the finished pieces. After the PMC piece is fired, artists may solder, burnish, tumble or plate it the same as any gold or silver object. PMC is available in lump, slip, paste, paper and sheet forms which increase the design possibilities for sculpture and wall-art designs. Artists may also use PMC clay as part of a mixed-media art design combined with glass, ceramic, polymer clay, wood, leather, shells and fabric.
  
  

Home Décor Items

• Enhance glass or ceramic vases, urns and plates with PMC overlays to create home decor items. As with jewelry designs, artists can use molds to create consistent PMC designs or handcraft each item individually. Make a PMC treasure box with semi-precious gemstones and stained glass embellishments to hold your favorite jewelry. Make decorative PMC panel inserts for small cabinets or tabletops. If you can make it with clay, you can make it with PMC.
  
  

Origami, Woven and Braided Designs

• The paper form of PMC clay is a thin, leathery sheet designed specifically for creating origami projects. PMC origami art can be incorporated into mobiles, sculptures and mixed media art projects as well as stand alone designs. The thin paper design may also be cut into strips and used to make woven and braided design projects, such as tiles and handles. Artists can also arrange thin strips of PMC to create a drapery or ribbon effect for barrettes, jewelry and home décor items.