surfergirl
10-03-2010, 01:07 PM
Hi
I wondered if you amazingly talented people could help?
I want to create a pendant with text on the back. The pendant is to be round and domed and I had the idea of using PMC paper to write my message and fix this to the back of the dome (the concave surface).
Questions:
- Would this actually work?!
- How would the shrinkage of PMC paper affect the text - would it still be legible?
- What does the finished text look like when using PMC paper - is it 'engraved' or.....?
- I didn't want to type/print the text as it's not a Latin script - would basic handwriting with a pencil work or would I need to engrave the text on the paper with a scribe of sorts? From what I understand, PMC paper is pretty thin.
- Once attached to the main pendent, does it matter which way up it is when firing? I wouldn't want to damage the surface of the paper by using a direct torch flame - can the paper type still sinter fully if firing from the front side?
As I have some left over ACS, I intend to make the pendant out of this, fire (with a torch) and attach the PMC paper message to the back of the fired piece and again fire with a torch. How would I attach green PMC paper type to fired ACS? With Slip? Oil? I need to be able to fire the item with a torch as I don't have a kiln :( or even access to one double :(
And...before someone (quite rightly?) points out that PMC paper and Oil cannot be fired with a torch - I read experiments of this working no problem so long as the item is small, so I'm willing to give it a go.
Perhaps this isn't the best way of making such a pendant it but am thinking along the lines of different shrinkage rates for the two types of clay would leave more to chance when firing the whole pendent at the same time - I have a design which I'd like to render as 'perfectly' as possible.
BTW, the reason for me wanting to use paper type is because the pendant is going to be domed - I would need the clay to be flat as I write the message, but then the clay needs to be flexible enough to be shaped to fit the concave shape.
I have thought about 'flexible' clay (PMC with lavender oil) but do not know if the above message idea will work.
I've seen Nic's blog on how to write on clay type clay - very informative, Nic AND a great blog :Y: But I think I would defintely struggle with this technique to engrave a message legibly on a non-flat surface. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make this (it's for my mum's birthday!) I'd be extremely grateful.
Thank you :)
I wondered if you amazingly talented people could help?
I want to create a pendant with text on the back. The pendant is to be round and domed and I had the idea of using PMC paper to write my message and fix this to the back of the dome (the concave surface).
Questions:
- Would this actually work?!
- How would the shrinkage of PMC paper affect the text - would it still be legible?
- What does the finished text look like when using PMC paper - is it 'engraved' or.....?
- I didn't want to type/print the text as it's not a Latin script - would basic handwriting with a pencil work or would I need to engrave the text on the paper with a scribe of sorts? From what I understand, PMC paper is pretty thin.
- Once attached to the main pendent, does it matter which way up it is when firing? I wouldn't want to damage the surface of the paper by using a direct torch flame - can the paper type still sinter fully if firing from the front side?
As I have some left over ACS, I intend to make the pendant out of this, fire (with a torch) and attach the PMC paper message to the back of the fired piece and again fire with a torch. How would I attach green PMC paper type to fired ACS? With Slip? Oil? I need to be able to fire the item with a torch as I don't have a kiln :( or even access to one double :(
And...before someone (quite rightly?) points out that PMC paper and Oil cannot be fired with a torch - I read experiments of this working no problem so long as the item is small, so I'm willing to give it a go.
Perhaps this isn't the best way of making such a pendant it but am thinking along the lines of different shrinkage rates for the two types of clay would leave more to chance when firing the whole pendent at the same time - I have a design which I'd like to render as 'perfectly' as possible.
BTW, the reason for me wanting to use paper type is because the pendant is going to be domed - I would need the clay to be flat as I write the message, but then the clay needs to be flexible enough to be shaped to fit the concave shape.
I have thought about 'flexible' clay (PMC with lavender oil) but do not know if the above message idea will work.
I've seen Nic's blog on how to write on clay type clay - very informative, Nic AND a great blog :Y: But I think I would defintely struggle with this technique to engrave a message legibly on a non-flat surface. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make this (it's for my mum's birthday!) I'd be extremely grateful.
Thank you :)