SILVERCLAYWORKS
TIPS & HINTS PAGE

After you have seen some of the projects we have made from PMC, you may want to know how some of the pieces were constructed.  Here are some tips and hints on how to use PMC. Many are ideas which people have wanted us to explain.  Others are things we have discovered over the years to make using PMC an easier process.  Take a look at the topics.  If there is something you think we should add, please contact us. 

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TIPS AND HINTS
(in PDF format)
(MORE COMING SOON)

1. PMC Firing Schedule
2. How to Use Your PMC Kiln (Evenheat or Sierra) (Being Updated - available soon)
3. Stones to Set in PMC
4. Turning Over the Perfect Leaf
5. How Temperature Affects Metals
6. Organic Materials as PMC Forms
7. Just How Big is That Wire? (A List of Wire Gauge Sizes)
8. How Hard is That Stone? (A list of Common Gem Material and their Mohs Rating)
9. Keum Boo, the Ancient Korean Technique
10. How to Convert Ceramic Cones to Temperatures
11. Making a Glass Cabochon
12. Using non-Gemstone Natural Rocks