Thanks for this series Pam! Had a lot of “d’oh” moments watching you, meaning I realized my “I can’t draw” mantra blinds me to lots of simple techniques I already know but refuse to imagine, until you showed me. Great to have my grey matter tickled this way😁🙏
Pam, thank you! This is enormously helpful! Now, some questions I haven't been able to answer either by watching your video or perusing the Amaziograph manual: 1) How do I take an image, copy it to another layer, then enlarge or shrink it by xx%? (I realize that's really 3 questions.) 2) I know I can use the fill tool to fill the inside of a space, but can I select a line of mine and somehow increase it's width or boldness? 3) If I turn smoothing up high, can it help my lines be straighter or is there another way (besides the small steps you suggest) to draw better lines?
Hi Jan, You're moving away from a "drawing app" and over to an "editing app". Two different things. The kinds of things you are asking about have to do with editing. I have two programs I use for editing depending on what I want to do. I do a surprising amount of work in the Silhouette Studio software. It works great for design editing even if you don't have the machine. I also use Photoshop Elements, which is a scaled down and less expensive version of photoshop. Explaining how to use these would be a whole other class. I recommend Craftclass classes from Cindy Pope for Silhouette software.
Pam, love your videos. Do you think adjustable rings could be made from PMC and not break over time? For instance, an ear cuff that is opened and closed on a daily basis? If not, how about soldering PMC onto wire or sheet metal? I can't find any information about this online.
I will be honest, I don't think metal clay is a good choice for anything that needs to be adjustable. Rings, or bracelets. They need to flex and bend regularly and will eventually break. I would only use sheet metal for that type of construction, although you could make something with sheet metal and then embellish it with metal clay pieces. Which brings me to the second part of your question. You can solder metal clay just fine! Just make sure to burnish the area to be soldered really well before hand so the solder doesn't soak into the porosity of the metal. I've joined sheet metal and metal clay many times with great success.
I have worked with Metal clay for awhile now, and get stumped for design ideas. I come from a family of great artists, but I was not one with the "gene" to draw and paint. My talents were crochet, embroidery, crafting, resin and acrylic pouring. Not painting birds or landscapes. I love working with metal clay as there are so many molds and stencils for the big designs. Your videos gave me the meat to work with. I will try this. Photography was my hobby for years, working in layers. I will try this for silver clay design. Thank you so much!❤
Awesome! Getting used to Layers, and making them understandable, was my biggest goal with this video. Glad it worked! Also, time spend on creative endvours, even if you are not monetizing it, is still VERY worthwhile. It's good for your heart and brain!
Wonderful of you to share. Would you consider a next step in the series to get us from paper to working mould?? Not sure what the next steps would be! Thank you for your encouragement.
