Marketing and selling your work is just as crucial to your career as an artist as actually creating your work. Submitting your work to magazines, craft shows, exhibitions, challenges and competitions not only puts your work in front of potential buyers, but also...
Metal clay artist and qualified teacher Anna Campbell is in the middle of a 100-day project creating a piece of silver clay each day. She shares with us about the challenge, what she is making and the lessons she has learned. What is the 100 days project? The 100 days...
Sharon Cavendish Winner of the People’s Choice Award When Sharon saw the title of the Hidden Worlds Challenge, she immediately thought of the dragon Smaug from The Lord of the Rings, with his hidden treasure under the mountain. That inspired her to create her winning...
Meet Gabriele Landolt Winner, Advanced Category, Hidden Worlds Challenge Gabriele’s winning piece, Hide the Precious, is an intricate hinged locket which opens to reveal a glimpse of brilliant color hidden behind a second hinged cover. Opening the final compartment...
Meet Joy Wignall Winner, Intermediate Category, Hidden Worlds Challenge Joy Wignall, winner of the Intermediate Category, bought her first package of metal clay three years ago after retiring from teaching computing. Reluctant to open it, she explored the internet...
Meet Denise Hershey Winner, Beginners Category, Hidden Worlds Challenge Denise’s winning entry in the Beginners Category began with her discovery of a beautiful rhyolite stone with inclusions that looked like little planetary systems to her. An archaeology fan and...
Kim Rumberger Winner, People’s Choice Award Kim Rumberger’s winning piece, Freedom of Expression, is a silver keepsake box, inspired by a quote from John F. Kennedy: “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision...
Liz Sabol Winner, Jewelry Category Liz Sabol’s winning piece, The Man in the Moon pendant, was designed as part of a celestial series of pendants that she’s in the process of producing by die-striking. “I made the metal clay version as a prototype,” says Liz. “Only...
Brett Apthorp Winner, Non-Jewelry Category Brett Apthorp says always been inspired by the sea. “I live on the small island of Nantucket, 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, so the ocean has a big impact on my everyday life,” explains Brett. “This challenge fits...
