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Dichroic Glass Set in PMC PendantSilver and Dichroic Glass Pendant
 by Linda Bernstein
Combining Precious Metal Clay™ and dichroic glass

Skill Level:

Intermediate project

The concept of fusing metal and glass is a very appealing one because of the contrast of silver to the brilliance of dichroic glass. The trick to making this technique successful is to be sure the bezel, made from Precious Metal Clay™ (PMC), is continuous.

Any break in the bezel will cause cracks in the glass to appear sooner or later. Setting the glass in a sheet of clay is fail-safe because the sheet is solid clay and will not break apart in firing.

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Linda Bernstein is a Senior Instructor for PMC Connection. She has videos available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Her two latest videos include working with glass enamels, dichroic glass, leaves, and vessels using different armatures. You can view her work or reach her through www.artique.org.

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• 10 grams of PMC+™
• PMC+ paste™
• PMC+ syringe™
• Dichroic glass piece about 15 x 20cm or smaller
• Small fine silver casting grains
• Work surface of glass or very smooth plastic
• Saran Wrap Classic® (this brand is highly recommended), used to cover the clay so it won’t dry out
• Small roller, about 1" x 6" with a smooth surface
• Olive oil
• Water
• Paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Deck of cards (used as guides to ensure an even thickness when rolling out PMC into a sheet)
• X-acto® knife
• Needle tool
• Coffee stirrers
• 4" x 5" sheet of thin Plexiglas
• Small paintbrush
• Files or salon nailboards
• Bullseye paper (a ceramic fiber paper that protects the back of the pendant during firing)
• Kiln
• Rotary tumbler
• Mixed stainless steel shot without pins
For information on supplies, please see the Annual Buyers' Directory.
Always ask for the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for any materials you buy, which will give you reactivity, health hazard, and safe handling data.

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