As promised for the readers of
Metalclay, silly pictures of my latest earrings. It wasn't an intentional test, but I recently experienced an anomaly that has been reported before concerning aluminum or petroleum contamination in combination with metal clay. Textured PMC was formed and allowed to dry on a steel dapping punch which produced small brownish areas leading me to believe that either the metal or a protective oily coating applied by the manufacturer contaminated the clay. I decided to fire the elements as a test and indeed, there were slight blistery blemishes where the discoloration had developed before firing. I finished, polished and patinated the earrings and will wear them myself so I can tell if the contamination created any structural defects. I really like them though and will definitely add this style to my line.
As promised for the readers of Metalclay, silly pictures of my latest earrings. It wasn't an intentional test, but I recently experienced an anomaly that has been reported before concerning aluminum or petroleum contamination in combination with metal clay. Textured PMC was formed and allowed to dry on a steel dapping punch which produced small brownish areas leading me to believe that either the metal or a protective oily coating applied by the manufacturer contaminated the clay. I decided to fire the elements as a test and indeed, there were slight blistery blemishes where the discoloration had developed before firing. I finished, polished and patinated the earrings and will wear them myself so I can tell if the contamination created any structural defects. I really like them though and will definitely add this style to my line.
2 comments:
Those are absolutely too cool !!!! I wish I'd made them !
Thanks Angela! Me too. Oh yeah. I did. Silly thing.
L ~
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