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    Default Work in progress - start to finish of a PMC mixed media piece

    Well here's a picture of the original design plus the thickened up on the PC version printed on transparency, the impression plate and focal piece.

    and this is a close up of the impression plate and focal.

    This is only the first part there's going to be quite a few more sections + a whole lot of colour added before I'm finished....
    I thought I'd share as I went along, it's a big project so it'll be great to get some encouragement along the way
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    Oh WOW they are beautiful!!

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    Exclamation Hang on a minute....backtrack!!!

    Love the design Nic...and the shape! Where is it heading....are you free to tell us or are your lips sealed????
    But before you go any further....HOW do you get from a printed transparency to an impression plate???...now THAT I would really be interested in.... A whole new world would open up!!!
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    Oooh yes I'm free to tell you but that would spoil the fun....
    Getting from a drawing to an impression plate isn't too complicated but it does involve some equipment....
    The impression plate is a Photo Polymer Plate I get mine from the USA it's done using UV light (like a nail salon box).

    Here ya go here's a whole blog post about them:
    http://pmctips.blogspot.com/2009/03/...jewellery.html

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    Question Tell me......can I afford it?

    Urrrggghhhhh...my heart has skipped a beat....not good at my age!! I've just had a quick peep and it looks amazing...I must learn more about that. I've got my 3 year old grandson to look after today...and I have a ring for my daughter to finish for this evening - and my fix of the forum to fit in... but I will read that on the blog and the link to the video you have on there....But before I go pick him up...tell me - are the plates expensive...and the equipment? Finances are very tight in my household so I can't just splurge when I want to...a joy deferred....I think that will be my epitaph!!
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    The plates are about $5 for two 2x2inch plates & I use a Rio Salon UV Nails unit which was about £80 from Argos
    there are smaller UV boxes on Ebay
    which are cheaper but you need to be able to fit the exposure frame in so they need to be of a reasonable size
    PAJED do a photopolymer plate kit with all the other bits n bobs (+sell plates)
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    Wow *jaw drops*
    This is all so new to me! I had no idea you could do this sort of stuff..

    I take it you can keep reusing that plate thingy to imprint the PMC?
    That is so clever.

    I love transferring drawing into work - I transferred a lot of my drawings into etched metal at uni - this is right up my street!

    Love it! Can't wait to see what it turns into

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    WOW ... when i think how good pmc is & what wonderful things you can do you amaze us with even more ways to use it with lovely results ...you really do know your stuff and make such beautiful jewellery

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    Quote Originally Posted by MuranoSilver View Post
    + a whole lot of colour added before I'm finished....

    Gorgeous design. How are you going to add colour? With enamel or.....something else?


    Bet you're all impressed with my technical knowledge

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    Quote Originally Posted by MuranoSilver View Post
    The plates are about $5 for two 2x2inch plates & I use a Rio Salon UV Nails unit which was about £80 from Argos
    there are smaller UV boxes on Ebay
    which are cheaper but you need to be able to fit the exposure frame in so they need to be of a reasonable size
    PAJED do a photopolymer plate kit with all the other bits n bobs (+sell plates)
    Nic x
    My OH is worried now as I spent the last half an hour reading up on this, reading your post and watching the video from your blog and making 'ohhhhhhh-ing' sounds... the kind of ohhhhhhh-ing sounds he says usually mean more expense

    Are the impressions that the plates make deep enough to enamel at all?

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