What is PMC?

Many of my pieces are created using sterling silver precious metal clay (PMC). This is a clay made up of finely ground precious metal particles, water, and an organic binder. It can be shaped, textured, embossed, and manipulated like any other clay.  After drying, the piece is carefully cleaned up and sanded, then fired in a kiln, where the water and binder burn off and the metal particles are fused together in a process called sintering. The end result is a silver piece slightly finer than sterling (96% fine silver and 4% copper).