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It was fantastic to see silver clay being featured on Make! Craft Britain on BBC Four this week. In case you missed it, the series showcases two main crafts per episode and this week it included cross stitch and silver clay. Silver clay is a great craft to feature as it is an easy way to make silver jewellery from home with little need for equipment. Jewellery artist Lisa Cain taught the silver clay class from a gorgeous location in Newcastle and it was lovely to see beginners so excited about their work. If you missed it and you're in the UK you can watch the replay on BBC iplayer here until 27th April 2018. Unfortunately, it isn't available to watch outside the UK (the BBC is paid for by a licence fee and you have to be a fee payer to watch). However, they have released this clip of the polishing and burnishing of the final pieces which is available worldwide and you can watch it here (click the link below). How to burnish silver clay   I hope that seeing silv...

If you are reading this blog then you probably already know that I make jewellery with a material called metal clay. It's not a well known material so I was really pleased to see it featuring on a programme on BBC1. The programme is called Countryfile and a metal clay artist called Emma Mitchell was featured, interviewed by Anita Rani. Emma talked about the mental health benefits of getting out into the countryside and getting inspiration from nature and natural surroundings. They picked leaves and other natural materials and used them to make moulds and silver jewellery. It's fantastic that silver clay was featured on TV as it raises awareness of the material. The metal clay world is quite small but I haven't met Emma yet although she is also teaching at the Y ou Can Make It metal clay conference in March so I am looking forward to meeting her there. You can watch the programme here on the BBC iplayer until 6th March 2018 (but only if you're in the UK unfortun...

A new BBC comedy starts tonight called Me and Mrs Jones (BBC1, 9.30pm). It stars Sarah Alexander, Neil Morrissey, Nathaniel Parker and Robert Sheehan. Before filming for the show commenced, I was excited to be commissioned to make a 'good luck' pendant for Sarah Alexander, who has the title role. And what's more she is wearing her pendant in this BBC interview ! It is a handmade silver pendant with 'Mrs Jones' written on the front and a message from her children on the back.  I'm looking forward to watching the series and I'll keep an eye out to see if she is wearing any of my jewellery on the show! I'll keep you posted!