Silver Swallow

My wonderful husband just got me the PMC3/Hot Pot kit. I took a week or so to read up on it and just finished my first piece. I sculpted the original swallow in silver Premo and then took a mold of it. The PMC is more like regular earth clay – it dries out and you have a limited working time. This stuff is awesome though! It fires (you do need kiln temperatures) to fine silver (99.9 percent pure) when the organic binders burn out.

I did get my first experience with mending something with slip when one of the wings cracked. I was afraid it was going to end up as a collage element with a broken wings theme! It all worked out though. The silver swallow shows the 10-12% shrinkage compared to the darker original. It has a simple wire brushed finish.