Metal Clay Gallery is a friendly and helpful group for anyone interested in Precious Metal Clay, Art Clay, Bronzclay, CopprClay or related topics. Teachers may list classes in the File folder labeled Education, or use the Calendar. The FAQ file folder should be read by all new members. Search the message archives first if you have a question.

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Our February 2010 Featured Artist is Dinah Bourdon.

I discovered metal clay about three years ago when I saw a beautiful silver necklace someone was wearing. She told me that her mother made it and that the silver came from recycled film and x-rays. That got my attention immediately! The minute I came home I Googled PMC and I was hooked! That very day I bought some clay and a small analog kiln. I started making jewelry right away and reading everything I could read about metal clay. Of course I became a tool fiend too! I became a Certified PMC Artisan a few months later in June 2007. A year later I bought my digital kiln after I melted a perfectly good linked bracelet. Most of my jewelery has been given away as gifts to my friends. I sold my first piece this fall and I was invited to sell my work at a new gallery that features local artists here in Charlotte NC. In my real life I'm a Nurse Practitioner whose day job takes up way too much time from what I really love to do, make jewelry!