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Studio Member Magazine of the PMC Guild PMC Studio Member Magazine of the PMC Guild PMC 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. 10 The Tool Trade • How to SUBMIT WORK to Studio PMC… For some PMC artists, developing and selling tools has become We welcome your PMC photos, articles and ideas. You may submit by mail or electronically. Please include your name, address, e-mail, a welcome addition to their PMC careers. phone, plus a full description of your PMC piece and a brief bio. Slides are preferred, but color prints and digital images are OK. By Mail: Mail articles and photos to: Studio PMC, 11 Tools, Tools, Tools P.O. Box 265, Mansfield, MA 02048. Electronically: E-mail articles in the body of the e-mail, or as Studio PMC's First Tool Buyers' Guide! A treasure trove of tools attachments. E-mail photos as attachments. We require an image for use with PMC. resolution of 300 dpi. • E-mail files (under 4 MB) to [email protected] Deadlines: Nov. 1 for Spring issue; Feb. 1 for Summer issue; May 1 for Fall issue; Aug. 1 for Winter issue. • How to Place Advertising in Studio PMC… Contact our Advertising Manager, Bill Spilman, for specifications, departments deadlines, and prices. Phone Toll-free: 877-878-3260. E-mail: [email protected] 3 As I PMC It • How to get answers to tech questions… E-mail Tim at: [email protected] 8 Gallery To join or renew your PMC Guild membership, to change your mailing or e-mail address, or to request back issues or additional copies of Studio PMC, visit the PMC Guild Web site at 18 Happenings www.PMCGuild.com, call toll-free 866-315-6487 or write P.O. Box 3000, Denville, NJ 07834 PMC Guild Jeanette Landenwitch, Executive Director 2390 Acorn Drive #245 Hebron, KY 41048 USA Phone: 859-586-0595 Website: www.PMCguild.com E-mail: [email protected] Copyright ©2005 PMC Guild. Printed four or more times a year. Reprints by permission only. All rights reserved. Studio PMC, its staff and contributors, specifically disclaim any responsibility or liability for damages or injury as a result of any pg. 11 construction, design, use, manufacture, or any other activity under- taken as a result of the use or application of information contained in any Studio PMC issue or article. 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. Quick Reference Card Contacting the PMC Guild PMC Guild Web site To join or renew your membership: www.PMCguild.com 866-315-6487 Member user name: member (not your name, just this word) P.O. Box 3000, Denville, NJ 07834 Member password: PMC2005 (be sure to use uppercase letters) Visit the PMC Guild Web site to join or renew your membership Guild services: in the Guild, find certification classes in your area, view back 859-586-0595 • [email protected] issues of Studio PMC, or participate in online discussion forums. 2390 Acorn Drive #245, Hebron, KY 41048 Studio PMC Technical Help: Editorial: 508-339-7366 • [email protected] [email protected] P.O. Box 265, Mansfield, MA 02048 Advertising: 877-878-3260 • [email protected] Certification Classes Rio Rewards : 866-346-2698 PMC Connection: 866-762-2529 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.
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