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Summer 2005 · Volume 8, Number 2 Studio Summer 2005 · Volume 8, Number 2 Member Magazine of the PMC Guild PMC

On the Cover: Gang blade from PMC Tool and Supply/Darway features Design Studio, leaf cutters and rolling tool from Celie Fago, and tool kit from New Mexico Clay. Background image is Elaine Luther working on her butterfly pendant... see page 7 4 Word Art Studio PMC This beginner's project by Debbie Fehrenbach using rubber stamps is PMC Guild ideal for teaching the technique. P.O. Box 265, Mansfield, MA 02048 www.PMCguild.com 6 Butterfly Inlay Pendant Volume 8, Number 2 • Summer 2005 Editor—Suzanne Wade Elaine Luther demonstrates the use of some of her favorite tools Technical Editor—Tim McCreight in this pendant project. Art Director—Jonah Spivak Advertising Manager—Bill Spilman Studio PMC is published by the PMC Guild Inc.

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2 · Studio PMC As I PMC It: Tools of the Trade by Suzanne Wade

ho knew there were so many tools about artists inventing and marketing The irony of producing a special tools Wfor PMC? their own tools. What's an editor to do? issue of Studio PMC isn't lost on me. Many When I first proposed this issue, I fig- I turned to Technical Editor Tim artists are initially attracted to PMC ured we'd fill a couple pages with tools. I McCreight, Executive Director Jeanette because it doesn't require a large invest- knew there was a lot of creativity out there Landenwitch, and Executive Director ment in tools – a torch, a bit of PVC pipe, in the PMC world, but how many tools for Emeritus CeCe Wire to pick what to print. some olive oil, and a deck of playing cards PMC could there be? As artists themselves, I knew I could count is pretty much all you need to get started. Well, I could have filled an entire year's on them to immediately identify the neat- And here I am, offering hundreds of tools worth of Studio PMC's with the tools that est, most creative, most wonderful tools – that you can buy for working with PMC. were submitted – and still had lots left the ones they'd want for their own studios. So much for calling PMC a less tool-inten- over. Wow! That's what you'll find in these pages: sive material. I knew I was in trouble when I got a call Tim, Jeanette, and CeCe's picks for great But while it's true you don't need a lot of from Speedy Peacock, one of the folks at PMC tools. But if that's not enough to sat- tools to work with PMC, adding a few new PMC Supply. "I know you say 'no limit' to isfy your thirst, check out the PMC Guild tools to your workbench can expand the the number of products we can submit," he Web site. I couldn't let all those wonderful creative possibilities of the material. told me. "But we have over 4,000 products tool submissions sit in a folder somewhere, Sometimes, a new tool can inspire you to related to PMC. I figured you didn't want so we've uploaded an expanded tools sec- say, "Hmmm. I wonder if I could use this to all of them." tion to the Web site. do… that." And before you know it, you've "Oh," I said weakly. "How about send- And if that's not enough, you can begun creating more sophisticated and ing me a dozen or so of your favorites?" always click through to the suppliers' Web exciting designs than you'd ever imagined. And the submissions just kept on com- sites and check out their on-line catalogs So by all means, indulge a little bit after ing. An entire box of description sheets and specials, or request a print catalog to be you finish reading this issue. After your and slides arrived from Elaine Luther at mailed to you for a little light bedtime membership in the PMC Guild, tools are Creative Texture Tools. Rio Grande – who drooling, er, reading. probably the best investment you can I know offers dozens of cool PMC tools – Consider this fair warning: if you continue make in your creative endeavors. And if showed considerable restraint and sent in past this page, you are in imminent danger of you do decide to buy a tool you've discov- just six of their best and newest offerings. discovering you cannot live without some ered in these pages, please be sure to let the Santa Fe Jewelers Supply sent a three-page tool that a couple minutes ago you didn't supplier know you saw it in Studio PMC. list – just a list – of their products. Gulp. know existed. You might want to put this And remember, you've been warned: Obviously, I wasn't going to fit every- issue away until your company pays out that There are some mighty cool tools ahead! thing in the 20 pages of Studio PMC! Plus I bonus, or your birthday nears, or Christmas really wanted to include a couple of how- rolls around, especially if you're the type who to projects to give you some ideas for how just can't help reaching for the credit card —Suzanne to use all these cool tools, and an article when confronted by incredible tools.

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Summer 2005 · 3 Teaching Project:Word Art by Debbie Fehrenbach

f you have never used rubber stamps, this Ipendant is a great way to start. There is Tools & Supplies: an infinite variety of textures and realistic PMC+ or PMC3 images available in rubber stamps that are PMC paste just not available or possible in plastic or PMC3 Syringe brass. However, not all rubber stamps are 2 Word stamps created equal. Two things to keep in mind when choosing stamps: 2 Texture stamps • If at all possible, buy unmounted sheets 6 Playing cards versus stamps mounted on blocks. The Olive oil and brush un-mounted sheets are easier to use and Tube roller are one-quarter the price of mounted stamps. Un-mounted sheets allow you to Brush for clay place your depth cards on top of the Coffee or soda straw stamp and roll the clay into it, while Tissue blade or X-Acto knife. mounted blocks can only be pressed. Water • Look over the manufacturer's entire 400 or 600 grit Sandpaper line. If none of the company's stamps are etched deeply, the quality of rubber used Black Max or Liver of Sulfur (0ptional) may be of an inferior quality. Higher Plastic tongues or tweezers quality stamps will last longer and give a Steel wire brush sharper image. Polishing cloth The stamps used in this project are from Debbie's finished Word Art pendant. Burnisher Red Castle Inc., and are available at www.redcastle.com. Step 3. Shape a piece of PMC into an oval ball. Starting with the word stamps, place Step 1. Select two texture stamps with a fairly the clay in the center of the stamp. Press flat texture. The word pieces will lay on top of slightly to make rolling easier. Place one the texture, and we want them to lay flat. card on each side of the word. Press down Select one word from your stamps for the with your tube roller in the middle of the front and one for the back. Measure the clay. With firm pressure, roll up once and 1 3 length of the longest word and add ⁄4 to ⁄8 inch. down once. The less you have to roll, the sharper the image will be. (Figure 2) Place Step 2. With a brush designated for olive rolled clay on cutting mat. Using your tis- oil only, brush a light layer of oil on all of sue blade, cut off excess on all four sides to the stamps to be used. (Figure 1) Rubber make a rectangle. Cut close to the word, stamps need to be oiled or the PMC clay leaving only a small gap. Repeat for the will stick. If you brush on a heavy layer, other word stamp. Set aside both rectan- wipe off excess with your brush or finger. gles and let dry completely. (Figures 3 & 4).

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

4 · Studio PMC Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7

Step 4. Shape another piece of PMC into your word onto the texture piece. Repeat sulfur. Steel wire brush your piece. If you an oval ball. Place three cards on either for the other side with the second word. love color, try mixing a very weak solution 1 side of the texture stamp. Place the clay on (Figure 6) Remove the bail from the straw. of liver of sulfur (pea size piece to 1 ⁄2 cups top of the texture stamp, and with your Place a small amount of paste on the bot- of hot water). Have your jar of water next tube roller, press down in the middle and tom of the bail and a small amount on top to your jar of liver of sulfur. With plastic roll as in Step 3. Remove one card from of the pendant. Press the bail onto pendant tweezers, dip your piece into the solutions each side. Place the remaining texture and hold for two or three seconds. Let dry and immediately dunk in the jar of water. stamp on top of the rolled clay. Do not completely. (Figure 7) Decorate the bail You should get a golden color. Keep dunk- remove the clay from the textured stamp with PMC syringe if desired. Let dry. ing quickly in the solution immediately underneath. Gently roll over the top followed by a dunk in the water. The water stamp. Remove a corner and check that the Step 7. Fire as directed for the type of PMC step is crucial: it stops the coloring process. desired texture has been achieved. It is bet- you are using. Polish as desired. For this You should go from gold, pink, fuchsia, ter to roll gently and re-roll than to roll too piece, I opted to apply a patina with Black purple, blue, gray, and finally black. Stop hard. Place textured clay on cutting mat. Max to enhance the texture and readabili- dipping when you have the color you 1 3 Cut a rectangle that is ⁄4 to ⁄8 inch longer ty of words. Liver of sulfur can also be used desire. Dry your piece with a cloth or and wider than the longest word. with this method. Apply Black Max solu- paper towel. Finish with the polishing tion with a brush or Q-Tip. This will turn cloth and burnisher method as above. Step 5. Make the bail. You can prepare the entire piece black. Rinse the piece in the pendant for hanging by drilling a hole running water. Black Max is an acid-based Debbie Fehrenbach has been involved with the in the top, or by making a rollover bail solution, so it should not come into con- arts since high school, working in pottery, glass, (which requires making the rectangle base tact with your skin. If you do get it on your sewing, and gourd art before discovering PMC. 3 approximately ⁄4 inch longer than skin, flush the area with water. She has recently begun selling her work and is described here). I chose to make a bail Once rinsed, rub the piece with steel represented in several galleries near her home using syringe PMC. wool, Scotch-Brite, baking soda, pumice, in St. Johns, Michigan. A certified Level II arti- To make a syringe bail, start by holding or polishing papers to remove the patina san who has taught several introductory classes a straw in one hand and the syringe in the from the high relief areas of the piece. in PMC, she is working towards becoming a other. With even pressure, press out a coil Finish by tumbling your piece in a rock Senior Instructor with PMC Connection. while gently turning the straw. Keep turn- tumbler with mixed steel shot for 30 min- ing until you have made two complete utes. Check your piece. The raised surfaces turns. Gently use the work surface or your will be brightly polished, leaving the When selecting rubber stamps, be finger to flatten the area where the coil recessed areas black. If the finish is not aware of the copyright policy of the starts and stops. bright enough, put the piece back into the stamp maker. All rubber stamps are Hang the straw between two stilts. tumbler until desired affect is achieved. copyrighted, and it is up to the rubber (Figure 5) Let the bail dry completely. If a tumbler is not available, you can use stamp company to determine what a polishing cloth and burnisher. Brush you can legally do with designs made Step 6. Now it's time to construct the pen- your piece with a steel brush before dip- from their stamps. Red Castle Inc. is an dant. Sand the sides of each component ping in Black Max. Lay the polishing cloth "Angel Company" and permits artists with 400 or 600 grit sandpaper. The easiest on a hard surface, and rub your piece back to hand-stamp as many pieces as they and forth vigorously. This will remove the method is to lay your sandpaper flat on the wish and to sell those pieces. Policies table, and holding your piece carefully but Black Max patina from the raised areas. vary, however, so be sure to check with firmly, rub the piece on the sandpaper. Lay Once you have removed enough black, fin- the maker of your rubber stamps your texture piece on your work surface. ish off by rubbing your burnisher over the regarding their copyright policies. Place a small amount of paste across the raised area to bring about a bright finish. back of the first word. Center and press The process is the same for the liver of

Summer 2005 · 5 Butterfly Pendant with Resin Inlay by Elaine D. Luther

Editor's Note: This project incorporates a number of Elaine's favorite tools, many of which she sells through her tool supply company, Creative Texture Tools. In most cases, though, Elaine also suggests alternative tools. Experiment to see what works best for you! Completed pendant with resin inlay.

Step 3. Use a butterfly cookie cutter to cut out the pendant. Be careful not to press too Tools & Supplies: hard on the cutter, so you don’t cut the PMC+ Super Parchment. To create the openings where the inlay will go, I use a very small Thick PMC slip round cutter, but you could also make your Olive oil own plastic or card stock template, or cut Plastic food wrap freehand. Cut out round openings on each Small pieces of Super Parchment Step 1. Place a piece of Super Parchment in wing of the butterfly. (Teflon paper) the center of your work surface, and on either Silicone Texture Plate ™ or other side place two stacked playing cards. Put a texture plate such as a design made in polymer clay. half package of PMC+ on the Super Playing cards Parchment, cover with plastic wrap, and Work surface using your roller, roll the clay two cards thick. Roller The bottom will pick up the woven pattern of the Super Parchment, but you want Water the top to be nice and smooth. You may Paintbrush, pointed tip wish to give it one final roll without the Step 4. Roll out the backing piece for the Paintbrush, square end plastic wrap to get rid of any marks left by butterfly. (While you work on the back, be Carving tool the plastic. sure to cover the butterfly so that it won't Tissue blade dry out.) Roll as before, on top of Super Parchment, until the piece is larger than Precision Circle Cutter ™ or small round cookie cutter or pieces of metal tubing your butterfly and one card thick. Paint water on the backing piece, then Pink sanding board for acrylic nails gently pick up the butterfly and lay it on Butterfly shaped cookie cutter top of the wet sheet. Small round cookie cutter (or homemade template) Two-part five minute epoxy Scrap of card stock Toothpicks Step 2. To add texture with a Silicone Texture Plate, rub an oiled hand over the Powdered enamel (to mix into the epoxy as a coloring agent) surface. This is all the oil that is needed. For other texture plates, add oil or baby powder. Pick up your rolled out piece of Step 5. Place the same butterfly cookie cut- PMC +, place it on top of the texture plate, ter you used earlier exactly over the butter- and roll over the top of the clay with your fly. Cut through the backing piece of clay roller. If the texture is particularly deep, and remove the excess. Turn the butterfly you may find that now your piece of clay is and add water to any seams that need it. too thin. If that is the case, you’ll want to Smooth them out so that they disappear. re-roll your clay to three cards thick before Remember to check the seams in the applying the texture. spaces for the resin inlay, as well.

6 · Studio PMC Step 6. Allow the piece to dry to leather then make a center cut with the largest of Step 11. For this project, I'm using two- hard. Speed this if you like by placing the the four Precision Circle Cutters. Using a part five minute epoxy. Devcon is a com- piece in the oven at 325˚F (165˚C) for 10 tissue blade, cut the donut shape in half, mon brand, available at hardware stores or minutes, placing it in a dehydrator, putting creating two bails. If necessary, apply water craft stores. Squeeze out equal amounts of it on a mug warmer or old fashioned buffet to the cut edges to smooth them. Allow to each part of epoxy onto clean card stock. warming tray, or on top of a hot kiln. In all dry to leather hard. Sand, if needed, with Use a toothpick to quickly mix the two these cases, keep the Super Parchment the pink nail board. together. Throw that toothpick away. Add under the butterfly until it dries. your coloring agent; in this project I’m using powdered glass enamels. Using a fresh toothpick, mix in the coloring agent. Throw away that toothpick, too. Why throw away all those toothpicks? When mixing epoxy, the first toothpick you use may have more resin or more hardener on it. Using that toothpick to apply the mixed epoxy to your project could alter the mixture of the epoxy. Step 9. Place the bail in the upper one- Now carefully apply the epoxy to the Step 7. Once the piece is leather hard, third of the butterfly pendant. Using the butterfly. Removing excess epoxy is messy, refine the edges using a pink board. These carving tool or a paintbrush, place a gener- so you want to apply the epoxy as neatly as are for acrylic nails and sold in the health ous dollop of thick slip on each end of the possible. Scoop up a bit of epoxy with and beauty section. Some areas may be too leather hard bail. another clean toothpick and place it in the small to get to with the nail board. In those Push the bail onto the back of the but- center of one of the circles in the butterfly places, use a blade-shaped carving tool and terfly, gently pressing down. Excess clay wing. Starting from the center, move the gently carve away any excess, holding the will move to the sides. Remove this with toothpick in a circle, gently spreading out tool and carving the way you might peel an the dry, square-end brush. Dip your point- the epoxy until it reaches the edges. Repeat apple with a paring knife. ed paintbrush in water and paint water on the other side. Work quickly! This around the seams to smooth everything epoxy cures in five minutes. Allow the and remove the excess slip. You want this epoxy to cure in a clean, dry, dust-free seam to disappear entirely. environment. Ta da! You’re done. Add a chain and go out into the world, ready for compliments.

Step 8. Make a bail using whatever technique you like. I usually use the method shown by Tim McCreight in his video, Push Play for PMC. He does it with a regular Step 10. Fire the piece face down at 1470°F straw and a beverage stir straw. I love the (800°c) for 30 minutes. Remove from the technique, but I use metal cutters: a kiln, allow to cool, and tumble with stainless Precision Circle Cutter for the inner cut steel shot for 30 minutes. Remove, dry, and and a small cookie cutter for the outside. prepare your work area for the resin inlay. You could also use metal tubing, which you can find in an assortment bag at the hardware store. For this bail, make the outer cut with the larger tubing or small cookie cutter,

Summer 2005 · 7 Gallery

To submit your photos to our Gallery send slides or digital images to:

Studio PMC, P.O. Box 265, Mansfield, MA 02048. E-mail: [email protected]

Please include your name, address, country, phone, e-mail address, a brief bio, photo credit, plus the size and materials used in your piece.

“Firecracker” by Christine Norton. PMC, seed beads, glass drops, and pearls.

"In Mercy and Kindness: Anti-War Medal" by Linda Kaye-Moses. PMC, sterling silver, 14k gold, lapis lazuli, moonstone, and vitreous enamel. 8 · Studio PMC "The Goddess Within" by Pat Gullett. Plique a jour cup by Louis Kappel 24k gold, PMC, and cubic zirconia. Photo by Ralph Gabriner.

“Celestial Dreams” by Diana Contine. PMC, sterling silver wire, and gold-filled twisted wire.

Summer 2005 · 9 The Tool Trade By Suzanne Wade

Where do tools come from? and figure it out," she says. "Making PMC rings was something I loved, and I was real- f you imagine the tools you find in cata- ly frustrated with the whole sizing issue, so I Ilogs are developed by white-coated tech- thought, there's got to be a better way." nicians in an underground laboratory After plenty of trial and error, Hattie somewhere in New Mexico, think again. stumbled upon using casting investment to Then look around your own studio. create inserts that would keep the rings It's a rare PMC artist who hasn't shaped from shrinking past the intended size. It a stray piece of wood, plastic, or metal into Gang Blade by Chris Darway. worked so well, she began sharing the their own unique tool. And occasionally, process with her students. When her stu- those personal solutions to vexing prob- From being something done as a favor for dents praised the solution, she shared the lems prove to be such a good idea, they a friend, the tool business has evolved into a idea with other instructors and began sell- start to take on a life of their own. full-fledged supply company. "I thought this ing the patties. "Pretty soon the word got For PMC artists Hattie Sanderson and was going to be a niche thing, but the out, and the demand began growing really, Chris Darway, what began as simple prob- demand quickly outstripped our supply," really fast," she says. lem-solving has evolved into serious busi- recalls Chris. He found a Philadelphia com- Hattie had never intended to go into the ness. Thanks to a little serendipity, some pany to produce the tool bags in quantity, tool supply business, and the growing good partnerships, and a creative approach and began importing burnishers from India. demand began to be overwhelming. So it to tools, both have made tool sales into a With the tool business growing so fast, was a happy confluence of events that led significant aspect of their PMC careers. Chris has struggled to maintain a balance to her first meeting with PMC Supply own- between his work and tool production. "I ers Joe and Speedy Peacock. "I met them at Chris Darway have had almost no bench time between the PMC Conference in Albuquerque last Chris Darway began making PMC tools workshops, the class I teach at the July after I gave a workshop [on HattieS after Tim McCreight approached him in University of the Arts, and doing the tools," Patties], and they just thought it was a great the early days of the PMC certification pro- he says. "I also stopped doing the ACC and idea," she says. "We found we share this gram to produce a tool kit for use in class- Rosen shows – I stopped even applying." innovative spirit, and they're not afraid to es. "It sounded like fun," Chris says of the Chris's solution to the burgeoning tool promote new ideas. They can do what it project that would soon come to dominate trade was to invite his sons to join him. takes from the marketing and production his work life. After 25 years running Darway Designs as end to make things happen." Chris developed a cutting tool of high a sole proprietorship, Chris has recently The result has been an entire line of grade stainless steel to replace the too- incorporated the business and brought in products under the "HattieS" brand name, sharp tissue blades used by polymer clay his eldest son, a ceramics artist, to manage including a work surface, tool kit, and artists, and hired local college students to the tool business. PMC-ready sterling silver findings. Next up sew cloth bags to package the kit. Most of The result, hopes Chris, will be a more is a series of DVDs produced in cooperation the initial tool offerings were simple items efficient, professionally run business that with the Peacocks: HattieS Contemporary PMC artists could make for themselves, will give him more time for his own work, Metal Clay 1: Fundamental Tools and but rarely wanted to tackle. and for developing new tools specifically for Techniques was released at the end of April, "We turn Home Depot PVC pipe into use with PMC. "I have some ideas for some with the second expected later this spring. rollers," Chris says. "You can go out and do it unique tools for PMC, and I'd really like to "It is such a blessing and a gift that I have yourself, but by the time you buy a 10 foot spend a little more time on that," he says. been given this opportunity," Hattie says. piece, get it in the car, get it home, and get "As an artist, many times you come up out the hacksaw … Most people choose to Hattie Sanderson with a product and all of a sudden you are buy one for a buck or a buck and a half." Hattie Sanderson began making HattieS doing the shipping and marketing and Patties as a way to fix her own problems in order taking. You become a business per- creating accurately sized rings. "My passion son, and you no longer have time to be an is to mess around in the studio. I love to artist. But my relationship with PMC experiment and research and take a problem Supply allows me to continue to play in the studio and come up with new products. I am allowed to do what I love best."

HattieS Patties Read more about artists who make and sell tools by Hattie Sanderson. at www.PMCguild.com.

10 · Studio PMC Tools,Tools,Tools Compiled by Suzanne Wade

Cutting Tools Double Ball Stylus, from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. This double- Flexible Clay Blades, from Santa Fe Jewelers ended tool features different sized Supply. These flexible blades come in smooth or balls for smoothing and rounding out holes. serrated edges, and are used for making long straight cuts. Carving Tools Craft Knife Set, from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. This versatile set includes a sturdy handle and six Micro Rotary Tool Carving Bits, from different blades. Whole Lotta Whimsy. These carving 1 Gang Blade, from PMC Tool and bits fit into any rotary tool with a ⁄16" Supply/Darway Design Studio. This collet. Select from ball point or double- adjustable gang blade tool is used for cut needle point in sizes ranging from cutting multiple strips of PMC sheet at once. 1.2 to 1.6 mm to carve tiny details into dried cork clay, PMC, or ceramic bisque. Carving Tool Set, from Whole Lotta Shaping Tools Whimsy. Designed for cutting linoleum or rubber, this set of German carving Graduated Slat Set, from Pinzart Inc. These tools includes a beech wood handle and polystyrene slats offer an alternative to playing five cutting nibs, a small V-shape, a small cards for rolling metal clay to an even thickness. U-shape, a medium hollow U-shape, a broad hollow U-shape, and Because they are longer and narrower than play- one sharpened blade for edge cutting. ing cards, they are less likely to slip during Carving Tools, from Creative Texture rolling, and they are washable, durable, and will not warp or dete- Tools. These stainless steel carving tools riorate from usage. Although the slats can be stacked, the variety come in several shapes for carving leather- of thicknesses means stacking is normally not necessary. hard PMC, including a narrow-end tool, a The set of six pairs includes thicknesses ranging from 0.25 mm wide-end tool, and a two-ended tool fea- (one card thick) to 2 mm (8 cards thick), each color-coded to make turing a long end useful for applying and smoothing slip, and a it easy to find the pair you're looking for. The slats can also be used small end handy for prying PMC out of molds. The octagonal han- to roll out clay on the edge of the company's rubber texture mats: dles prevent rolling and are grooved for gripping. one blue and one purple slat stacked next to the mat provide a Carving Tool Set, from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. This set of 12 level area to work. double-ended carving tools are used for detail work before and Clean up Tool, from Santa Fe after drying PMC. Jewelers Supply. This double-ended tool is used for smoothing, cutting, Finishing Tools and decorating. Clay Shapers, from Whole Lotta Whimsy. Clean Up Sticks, from PMC 123. These 1 Imported from the U.K., these size 0 shapers ⁄4" x 6" sanding sticks are two-sided, feature silicon tips. Shapers are used for sealing with different grits on each side. seams in the clay, shaping, modeling, moving Washable and durable, they work well the clay, and making repairs, such as pushing for shaping and finishing unfired PMC clay into cracks or mending large areas. pieces. The three-stick set comes with coarse, medium, fine, and 4-in-1 Stylus, from Whole Lotta extra fine grits. Whimsy. This stylus comes with Diamond Toothpick Files, from Whole four removable and adjustable tips Lotta Whimsy. At 80 mm long by 1.5 mm and a soft-touch handle. wide, with a 35mm long file section, these Wipe Out Tool, from Bead Bungalow tiny diamond files can fit into places oth- and Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. This wood- ers can't. The answer for any PMC artisan en handle tool has angled rubber tips on both ends, for blending who has wished for toothpicks with sand- seams and wiping away fingernail marks and other imperfections paper on them. in the wet clay. Continues on next page…

Summer 2005 · 11 Tools,Tools,Tools

Slim Sanders, from Whole Lotta Straight Burnishers, from Santa Fe Jewelers Whimsy. These flexible sanding sticks Supply. This polished steel straight burnisher is allow you to feel how hard you are press- 3.5 mm in diameter. ing, to help you avoid breakage. Sanders Ball Burnisher, from Rio Grande. have different grits on each side. This set of three double-ended ball Rubber Finishing Block, from Santa Fe burnishers are used to burnish away Jewelers Supply. This rubber block grips pieces the white surface left after firing PMC. Beveled ends help you get and holds them firm while you burnish or file. into deep textures and crevices without harming the surface. Brilliant Polishing Cloth, from Creative Texture Tools. This 4" x 6" cloth is embedded with polishing compound. Use on polished Syringe Tools PMC to remove the yellowing caused by tarnish. Lortone Rotary Tumblers, from Santa Fe Syringe Savers, from PMC 123 and Whole Lotta Whimsy. These Jewelers Supply. This rotary tumbler is avail- clear plastic vials with one-hole covers are used to keep PMC able in several capacities, including a three syringes from drying out. Fill the vial with water, put on the cap, pound model, a six-pound model, and a and stick the syringe tip into the vial through the hole in the top of model with dual three-pound tumbling bar- the cap. The container is watertight with the syringe in place, pre- rels to permit tumbling two separate batches at once. Stainless venting water spills or dried out syringes. steel shot and burnishing compound available separately. Syringe Tip Set, from PMC 123. This six Gyroc Model B Vibratory Tumblers, piece set includes 24 gauge, 20 gauge, and from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. This 18 gauge plastic syringe tips, plus three heavy-duty vibratory tumbler is available stainless steel and three dark green plastic in three capacities: 1.5 pints, 3 quarts, and tips with shaped openings in flat, half-round, and square. 6 quarts. Up to three 5" bowls can be Syringe Tips, from Whole Lotta stacked and run simultaneously. Whimsy. Available in various Magnetic Pin Finisher, from Santa Fe Jewelers gauges, these tips can be used to Supply. This finisher uses tiny magnetic pins provide details ranging from deli- swirling in a centrifugal pattern to burnish even cate scroll work to structural elements. A significant amount of intricate filigree work. Features an auto-reverse hand strength is required to use these tips. feature to cut finish time and variable speed for Syringe Design Tip Set, from Santa Fe delicate items. Jewelers Supply. This set of six syringe tips includes three round tips in different sizes, one half-round tip, one flat tip, and one Burnishers square tip.

Pyrex Burnishers, from Whole Lotta Kilns and Kiln Accessories Whimsy. These double-ended burnishers heat up more slowly than steel bur- Paragon SC-2 Kiln, from Paragon nishers, making them a good choice for Industries, ABR Imagery, and Santa Fe Keum-boo, and are less expensive than Jewelers Supply. The heating element in this agate burnishers. Because these bur- PMC kiln is embedded in a ceramic fiber fir- nishers are custom-made, artists can request a specific shape for ing chamber, and heats from both top and each of the burnisher's ends at little or no additional charge. bottom. The unit also features a Sentry Agate Burnishers, from PMC Supply and Allcraft Jewelry Supply Xpress digital controller that lets you control ramp rate, tempera- Co. These stone-tipped burnishers are much slower conductors of ture, and hold time. Options include a high temperature glass heat than traditional metal burnishers, making them excellent window or bead door. The kiln heats to firing temperature within choices for techniques that involve hot metals, such as Keum-boo. minutes and can reach temperatures up to 2000°F. They can also be used to burnish fired PMC. Evenheat PMC Kilns, from PMC Slim Burnishers, from Creative Texture Connection. Available in four sizes, these Tools. These stainless steel burnishers fit kilns feature energy-saving ceramic fiber into tight spaces with their slim silhouette. muffles for even heat distribution. A The curved burnisher can reach into places front door window allows the user to see straight burnishers can't. into the kiln during firing. The included

12 · Studio PMC Tools,Tools,Tools computer controller comes with five pre-programmed firing Kaowool Pad, from PMC Tool and schedules, plus a user-determined eight-segment program. The Supply/Darway Design Studio. This refractory kiln can reach temperatures up to 2000°F. insulation material is used to support pieces Rio PMC Kiln, from Rio Grande. Designed during firing, without the mess of vermiculite. for firing PMC and made exclusively for Rio Grande, this kiln can be used to fire PMC or Materials enamel, fuse glass, or cure paint on china. The digital controller features five pre-set Enameling on Metal Clay Starter Kit, from Pinzart. This kit is PMC Programs, including one to fire PMC3 designed to include all the materials you'll need for 30 minutes at 1110°F, and one user-deter- to begin enameling on metal clay: a 28-page mined program. The galvanized steel case has an inter-wall layer instruction booklet called Enameling on Metal of air to keep it cool, and features a ceramic-fiber firing chamber Clay by Pam East, 1 ounce Clear for Silver enam- with embedded heating elements. It includes a fiber shelf with el, 12 half-ounce containers of enamel, two four ceramic feet, and the newest model features a hinged bead sifters, Klyr-Fire enamel adhesive, a sprayer, two door built into the front for beading and enamel work. trivets, a 6" firing rack, a firing fork, inlay tools, a sifting screen, an alun- Bar Stilt Kit, from Whole Lotta Whimsy. dum stone, a Tri-M-Ite polishing paper sampler, a sanding sponge sam- Designed for firing glazed beads in small pler, a 3M wet/dry sandpaper sampler, and a Sunshine polishing cloth. PMC kilns, with or without silver, the kit Enamel Kit, from Whole Lotta Whimsy. This starter kit includes includes two bar stilts and three high-fired 15 half-ounce containers of enamel, a half- nichrome wire bars in 9 gauge and 11 gauge. Each bead bar holds ounce Clear for Silver flux, a palette, a detail two to six beads, for six to 36 beads per stilt. size 0 brush, an enamel spoon, packing Rio PMC Kiln Shelf Kit, from Rio Grande. palette, and a one-ounce bottle of Klyr-Fire This kit includes two ceramic shelves and glue for wet packing. Packed in a zippered, eight shelf feet to increase your kiln's firing clear tool bag for easy carrying. capacity. Stack shelves with feet in between to Continues on next page… create firing layers inside the Rio PMC Kiln. Women's Welding Gloves, from Creative Texture Tools. These leather welding gloves come in women's sizes, smaller than the men's gloves usually found. Ideal for removing items from the kiln. Bead Firing Tree, from PMC Supply. Designed for firing multiple PMC-enhanced beads in a kiln, this holder is manufactured from heat-resistant heavy gauge nichrome wire embedded in ceramic. Each of 1 the four arms is 1 ⁄2" long and strong enough to hold even heavy beads or pendants for a full Original PMC firing without sagging. The tree reduces the risk of damage to delicate components by holding beads and pendants so that the surfaces do not come in contact with anything during firing. Fiber Shelves, Blankets, and Paper, from Whole Lotta Whimsy. These ceramic fiber accessories are used to support your work and protect your kiln. Soft fiber shelf can be carved for molding glass and lasts for six to eight firings. Hard fiber shelf is the same material as soft fiber shelf, with a hardener applied to extend its life to 20 to 30 firings. It can be used for torch firing and soldering, or to 1 1 replace the shelf in your kiln. Fiber paper is available in ⁄8" and ⁄16" thickness and is used for lining the bottom of the kiln during ceramic firings, or to wrap stones for test firing. Thinfire Paper is used for glass fusing in place of kiln wash, or to line ceramic ring mandrels. It can also be used to add a half size to HattieS Patties. Fiber blanket is made of non-asbestos fine alumina and silica threads and is used to cushion and support work during firing.

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Enameling Supplies, from Schlaifer's Enameling Supplies. Available enamels include lead-free Thompson Enamels and Soyer Enamels, an Punches and Cutters enamel containing lead. Also offered are a variety of tools for firing enamels, including trivets, firing racks, and firing forks. Kemper Pattern Cutters, from Raku Kit, from PMC 123. This kit contains most of the compo- New Mexico Clay. Designed for nents needed to create a graduated set of nine raku with PMC cutting shapes from wet clay, beads, including nine graduated ceramic beads, two stainless steel Kemper Pattern Cutters work support rods, a steel raku rack, raku glaze, dry PMC paste, paint- like a cookie cutter, and are brush and directions. All the artist needs to add is a container, equipped with a spring-return plunger for ejecting clay cut-outs. newspaper, and a kiln. The brass cutters are available in a variety of sizes and shapes. Keum-boo Gold Foil, from Allcraft Jewelry Supply Co. and Rio Precision Circle Cutters, from Creative Grande. This 24k gold foil is sized specifically for use in Keum-boo. Texture Tools. These four brass tubes with sharpened ends are used to cut small holes in wet PMC, such as holes for jump rings or Texture Tools earring wires. Mini-Punches, from Whole Lotta Whimsy. Texture Sheets, from Whole Lotta Whimsy. These 7mm to 9 mm punches are great for These plastic sheets can be used to make impres- punching out accents from PMC Paper or sions on all types of clay, including PMC, poly- Keum-boo foil. mer, and earthenware. The two-sided sheets are Nesting Tube Set, from Celie Fago. This light-weight and easy to clean. tool is a set of nesting brass tubes used for Texture Roller, from Whole Lotta cutting concentric circles out of PMC and Whimsy. Both ends of this texture for making disks and seamless bezels. roller feature different textures and roll The tubes are collected on a hammered independently of the handle. brass pin that serves both as a plunger for Brass Texture Plates, from PMC the individual tubes and as a way to keep them together. Supply and Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. 1 These 2 ⁄2" x 4" plates are used to apply patterns to unfired PMC. They are Tools for Ring Making available in 14 styles. Silicone Texture Plates, from Creative Ring Mandrel Set, from PMC Supply. These 1 Texture Tools. These ⁄4" silicone plates non-tapered ring mandrels are for making are non-stick and require little or no oil. rings in sizes 4 to 15. Rings can be created They are flexible, allowing for easy directly on the round parallel work surface, release from the PMC, and unbreak- and the holding bracket can be turned to able. Made by Creative Texture Tools work on the ring horizontally or vertically. specifically for use with PMC, they are currently available in 14 HattieS Patties, from PMC Supply. designs, with additional designs added frequently. These ring-sizing inserts are used to Rubber Pattern Mats, from PMC Supply. These ensure accurate sizes for PMC3 rings. 3" x 8" rubber mats contain several different The kit comes with instructions and design areas for applying patterns to unfired three HattieS Ring Forming Strips. PMC. The flexible mats are available in 26 styles. Adjustable Ring Gauge, from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply. This band allows you to measure your ring shank and then lay it flat for mea- suring. Measure two sizes larger to allow for shrinkage with PMC+ or PMC3. Economical enough to send to your customers for ring sizing. Ring Sizing Material, from Creative Texture Tools. This 12" long, 1 ⁄2" wide strip of fiber paper is used to wrap around a Rio Grande ceramic ring form to size a ring up a half size.

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Mold Compounds Castaldo Quick Sil, from Creative Texture Tools and Santa Fe Jewelers HattieS Brand Mold Compound, from Supply. This two-part, room tempera- PMC Supply. This two-part mold compound ture vulcanizing silicone mold com- yields .75 ounces of mold material. Once pound sets in 15 minutes. It is available blended, the mold compound has a five from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply in a two-pound package, or from minute working time, and sets in 15 minutes. No mold release is Creative Texture Tools in a 3 ounce size geared to artists who want needed when molding PMC. to experiment with the material. Complete instructions from the Polyset, from Zero-D Products. This manufacturer included. two-part silicone mold putty offers a Rio Cold Mold, from Rio Grande. controlled set time of two to 10 minutes. This two-part, no shrink mold com- Available in 8 ounce, 15 ounce, and 3.3 pound does not require release agents pound kits. or heat for vulcanizing. It is recom- Akron Polyset II, from Zero-D mended for molding delicate originals Products. This new two-part mold com- or master models. pound offers flexible finished molds Mega-Sil Impression Compound, with high tear strength. Both parts are a from Microsonic Inc. This two-part sili- soft putty that are easily kneaded togeth- cone mold compound sets up in just five er to the proper texture before applying minutes, and easily withstands heat up to a model or copying a flat design or texture plate. Available in to 400°F. Available in yellow, peach, or one pound and four pound kits. blue and in single-use or bulk containers. Continues on next page…

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Other Tools Two-faced Mallet, from PMC 1 123. This 6 ⁄2" mallet fits easily into Coil Cover, from Celie Fago. This a tool kit. It features two detach- brass cover for hotplate coils for able, replaceable heads, one chrome over brass, the other non- Keum-boo is a 6" x 6" sheet of 20 gauge marring nylon. red brass with multiple depressions in Bead Rollers, from PMC Supply. These four dif- the surface and turned down "feet." ferent rollers permit you to make precisely sized The cover evens out temperature fluc- PMC beads quickly. Roll cork in the bead roller, tuations and prevents gold from falling through the heating ele- cover the cork with PMC, and fire. ment. The depressions allow the artist to easily apply gold to volu- Wizard Pen Plater, from PMC metric pieces such as spheres and cubes. Supply. This self-contained pen Wire Rounder Tool, from PMC123 plater can be used to add 24k gold and Creative Texture Tools. A stainless accents to PMC pieces, even steel cup bur mounted in a wooden around delicate stones and glass. handle, this tool cuts the sharp edges The self-contained unit is simple to of wire to produce smooth, round use: attach the clip to the piece, dip the pen point into 24k gold ends for ear wires. pen plating solution (sold separately), and begin plating. No Gold Brush, from PMC 123. This additional firing required. fine-tipped natural bristle paint- PMC Humidifier, from Belladonnasilver. This two-inch terracot- brush comes with a snap-on cap, ta bell features a movable handle and a treated liner that can be allowing the brush to be carried without risk of damaging the tip moistened with tap water to keep unused PMC moist for hours or losing any metal still on the brush. Ideal for use with gold PMC. while you work. A square piece of clear, flexible plastic film is included as a base for the bell.

Favorite Tools from our Readers

was just doing some repair work on a y favorite tool is the color stick that ran into a Sally Beauty Supply store a Ipiece that had broken and I realized I Mcomes in Chris Darway's tool kit. I Icouple of weeks ago and was blown away was using one of my favorite tools: a tooth- also buy extras from him. I show my stu- by the variety of nail buffers and sanders pick. It makes a great medium grit sanding dents how to use it, and tell them that the there are. I picked up one of each of the tool in tight spots like the inside of a bail or tool kit is worth the money just for the eight grits. They make greenware sanding around inside corners where a piece of color stick! I also have a chiseled one and easy. One that I picked up had four grits, sandpaper won't fit and a file is too coarse. mini color sticks that work great too. depending on which side and end you —Lora Hart —Linda Matteson used, all clearly marked in the middle where it's not going to wear off. fter working with Keum-boo and like the plastic needles used for needle- —Judi Weers APMC it made sense that the way to Ipoint. They are useful for starting holes get the Aura 22 to bond better to PMC was and adding a scallop to an edge. I some- o keep your clay moist, get one of to burnish it while it was hot. The only times use them for stirring slip as well. Tthose disposable pudding cup plastic tool that I could find to burnish into the They are inexpensive and can be found containers made by Glad. Place it, with lid, textured areas of my piece was the double find in most craft stores. upside down, and put your clay in it. You ended ball burnisher that Rio sells. I torch —Chris Brooks. can mist water into the cup to help keep fired my piece with two layers of Aura 22. the clay moist. While you are working this Immediately after pulling the flame away I olymer clay is my thing. I cover the (or any jar/glass) will keep your clay moist. burnished with the ball burnisher. It Phandles of a lot of my tools with it, The nice thing about the lidded container worked great! make molds out of elastic Sculpy, create is that when you are done, just press down —Judi Anderson texture stamps, and create specific tools for and seal the lid to keep your clay moist shaping the PMC. Once the polymer tools overnight or longer. are baked and buffed, they are a great addi- —Mary Ellin D'Agostino tion to my tool jar. —Lorrene Davis

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ABR Imagery New Mexico Clay Rio Grande 3417 South Knightbridge Road 3300 Girard NE 7500 Bluewater NW Bloomington, IN 47401 Albuquerque, NM 87107 Albuquerque, NM 87121 phone 812-339-9147 • fax 812-339-8947 phone 800-781-2529 • fax 505-881-2350 phone 800-545-6566 • fax 800-965-2329 [email protected] • www.abrimagery.com www.nmclay.com. [email protected] www.riogrande.com. Allcraft Jewelry Supply Paragon Industries 205 West 29th St., Suite 205 2011 South Town East Blvd. Santa Fe Jewelers Supply New York, NY 10001 Mesquite, TX 75149 1513 Fifth St. phone 800-645-7124 • fax 800-645-7125 phone 972-288-7557 • fax 972-222-0646 Santa Fe, NM 87505 www.allcraftonline.com [email protected] phone 800-659-3835 www.paragonweb.com [email protected] Bead Bungalow Pinzart, Inc. www.sfjssantafe.com. 105-B Annapolis St. 10945 State Bridge Road #401-277 Annapolis, MD 21401 Alpharetta, GA 30022 Schlaifer's Enameling Supplies phone 410-268-4774 • fax 410-268-9118 phone 888-335-9884 • fax 509-352-1009 1441 Huntington Dr. #1700 [email protected] [email protected] South Pasadena, CA 91030 www.beadbungalow.com www.pinzart.com. phone 800-525-5959 • fax 626-441-1127 [email protected] Belladonnasilver PMC123 www.enameling.com. 9699 N. Hayden Road 108-112 5822 Oak Run Scottsdale, AZ 85258 San Antonio, TX 78247-1326 Silver Sunset Design Studio Phone 480-695-4295 phone 210-656-8239 • fax 210-656-1419 2339 County St. #2940 [email protected] [email protected] Blanchard, OK 73010 www.geocities.com/redbiz50/belladonnasilver.html www.pmc123.com. phone 405-222-0628 • fax 405-793-8523 [email protected] Celie Fago PMC Connection www.silversunsetdesign.com. 1037 Christian Hill Road 3718 Cavalier Drive Bethel, VT 05032 Garland, TX 75042 Whole Lotta Whimsy phone 802-234-5428 phone 866-762-2529 • fax 972-487-2022 2911 W. Placita Montessa [email protected] • www.celiefago.com. [email protected] Tucson, AZ 85741 www.pmcconnection.com. phone 520-531-1966 • fax 520-531-1965 CreativeTextureTools.com [email protected] P.O. Box 5292 PMC Supply www.wholelottawhimsy.com. River Forest, IL 60305 225 Cash St. phone 708-488-9589 • fax 708-488-9578 Jacksonville, TX 75766 Zero-D Products [email protected] phone 800-388-2001 • fax 903-586-2534 38285 North Lane #103 www.CreativeTextureTools.com [email protected] Willoughby, OH 44094 www.pmcsupply.com. phone 440-942-1150 • fax 440-942-2130 Microsonic, Inc. PMC Tool and Supply/Darway Design Studio e-mail: [email protected] 1421 Merchant St. 1 Feeder St. Web site: www.zerodproducts.com. Ambridge, PA 15003 Lambertville, NJ 08530 phone 877-376-7139 • fax 717-247-0364 phone 609-397-9550 • fax 609-397-0702 [email protected] [email protected] store.earmolds.com. www.pmctoolandsupply.com

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Call for Entries Breaking News MC Guild member Martha Sayers has he downside to publishing a quarterly he PMC Connection will sponsor a PMC Pbeen invited to teach a week-long session Tmagazine is that sometimes things hap- TArtist's Retreat Sept. 13-18 at American on combining kiln-worked glass and metal pen faster than we can get to print. That's Airlines Training & Conference Center at the clay at the Corning Studio in Corning, New especially true for items such as calls for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in York, in August. To help introduce the stu- entries and exhibition opportunities, where Fort Worth, Texas. The retreat will offer 29 dents to the many ways of finishing glass, the period for submissions can be less than the separate workshops and both Level 1 and Martha is seeking slides of work featuring three months between issues of Studio PMC. Level 2 PMC Connection certification classes, innovative ways of embellishing warm- and That's why the PMC Guild created a special with participants having the option of hot-glass creations. Among the techniques she topic in the discussion forums entitled, appro- attending anywhere from a single workshop intends to present are stringing, wire work, priately enough, "Exhibition Opportunities / to five full days of classes. Other activities will traditional metal settings, and metal clay. Call for Slides." You'll find it under "Outreach include a golf tournament Friday, a "Texas- Slides that are chosen will be presented and Education." Members are invited to post size party" on Saturday night, and a Country during the week at Corning. The presenta- their own calls or pass on information about Store featuring PMC tools. For information, tion will be preserved as a CD-ROM catalog exhibitions that welcome metal clay work by visit www.PMC-Retreat.com or call PMC that will be made available to Corning stu- posting it to this forum topic. Stop by the dis- Connection at 866-762-2529. dents and faculty, the Rakow Research cussion forums regularly, and you'll never miss Library at Corning, and distributed interna- an opportunity to show your work! ore than 300 people attended the tionally. Artists whose slides are accepted for And while you're there, check out the Mopening of Metalmorphosis, an exhib- the presentation will receive a complimenta- "Buy, Sell, and Swap" thread under it organized by PMC Guild member Susan ry copy. The deadline for entries is June 1. "Miscellaneous." That's the place where used Lewis in Boca Raton, Florida. The exhibit For more information, e-mail Martha at equipment comes to change owners. included 148 pieces of handmade jewelry [email protected]. Members are welcome to post their own ads and metal object made by 44 artists who have for equipment they're interested in selling or studied with Susan. The work was selected ostPicasso.com, an online international swapping. Instructions for posting can be from more than 200 entries by Ana Esther Pjuried art venue, is currently seeking found by clicking on "Buy, Sell, and Swap" on Soued, an instructor at Miami International entries for "Pocketsize; Our Fascination with the opening page of the discussion forums. University of Art and Design, and awards the Miniature," an online exhibit open to all were given in five categories. In the metal forms of sculpture, including art jewelry dis- he PMC Guild is pleased to announce clay category, the winners were Laurie played in a sculptural format. The juror for Tthat CeCe Wire has accepted the new Yoder of Miami, a PMC Guild member, Sally the exhibition is Judy Donald, the owner of position of Local Chapter Liaison for the Franke of Coral Springs, Florida, and OXOXO Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. guild. CeCe's combination of energy, organi- Marilyn Weiner of Boca Raton. There is a $25 entry fee for artists who are zational skills, and experience make her not members of PostPicasso.com, and the uniquely qualified for this role. This part- MC Guild members continue to appear entry deadline is Aug. 15. time position demonstrates the importance Pin print! Robert Dancik and Sara Jayne we place on developing a network of chap- Cole each wrote step-by-step articles for the ters at the community level. March 2005 issue of Lapidary Journal, and Starting June 1, CeCe will be our point Lorrene J. Davis had a step-by-step article in person for existing, emerging, and evolving the April 2005 issue. chapters. Her immediate goal will be to initi- Recent issues of Art Jewelry have also fea- ate contact with each chapter once a month. tured the work of PMC Guild members. She will be the primary communication link Linda Kaye-Moses and Diane Howey had between the chapters and the Guild. articles published in the January 2005 issue, In a related effort, the PMC Guild will which also featured the work of Celie Fago soon offer each local chapter a page on the and Shahasp Valentine. The March 2005 guild's Web site. The guild has designed a issue included articles by Hadar Jacobson, template and is currently working with three Hattie Sanderson, and Irina Miech and pilot cases, with plans to expand the pro- work by Debbie Fehrenbach, Shahasp gram to other chapters in the future. Valentine, Debra Weld, and Linda Kaye- Moses. And in the May 2005 issue were articles by Jean Whittington and Carol Babineau and work by Linda Warner, Pat Gullett, and Shahasp Valentine.

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