Getting your hands on new materials is inspiring for artists. The newest additions to the metal clay family (bronze clay, and copper clay)  inspired artist Catherine Davies Paetz to push this medium into new territory. You can learn about her techniques for creating inlaid designs with these clays in the November 2009 issue of Art Jewelry magazine. Subscribers can download instructions to Catherine's bonus technique, read Art Jewelry's editors' experiences when we tested bronze metal clay, and brush up on kiln terminology with our kiln diagram. All registered Web users can check out Mardel Rein's 20-page primer on working with BRONZclay.

While I'm on the subject of metal clay, here's a link to our latest technique series video on metal clay basics. This series walks you through the basics of working with silver metal clay, and includes a PDF of a beginner level project to get you started. As always, let us know what else you'd like to see us demonstrate and write about here at Art Jewelry magazine. Cheers, Jill  :)