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I love learning new skills so I always keep an eye on the metal clay masterclasses that are being run in the UK. So far this year I have already attended classes with Tracey Spurgin and Joy Funnell !  I have now collected links to those that I know about in a pinterest board that you can see below. If I have missed any please do share them with me in the comments below, I'd love to add them to the board. And do follow the board on pinterest if you want to keep up to date, I'll keep adding to it.

I love learning new things from experts so was really pleased when I saw that Joy Funnell was going to be teaching her chain sampler class at Creative Glass in Rochester, UK. I have previously blogged about when I did a one to one tutorial with her on enamelling on silver clay (which you can read about here) so I know she is a great teacher! I was happy that the class was taking place in Rochester as this is close enough to travel to in one day (although when I booked I didn't know about the engineering works which made progress slower!). I had a fabulous day learning and practicing lots of different techniques including soldering fine wire and adding lots of different metal clay elements. I'm really pleased with the results which you can see here and I've got loads of ideas for what to do next!

As usual, there are some really interesting masterclass teachers teaching in the UK in 2015 and some of the classes start soon! Visitors include Holly Gage Donna Penoyer Michael Marx Terry Kovalcik Lora Hart Anna Mazon To see images of their work and for more information about the classes click on the image from pinterest below. I will keep updating the pinterest board as and when I hear about visitors so do follow the board to keep up to date Follow Anna Campbell's board Metal clay masterclasses in the UK on Pinterest.

I have been very fortunate to be able to attend masterclasses in metal clay with a number of fantastic artists. I spend a large proportion of my income on doing this as it is my passion and I know that by spending a couple of days with someone you learn so much more than you ever will from a book (although I love books too!) I am now looking at the masterclasses for 2014 (I'll write about those in a future post!) but I thought I would think over what the artists I have studied with so far have taught me. Not just techniques as there have been too many of those to list, but a general ethos to inspire and inform my work. Julia Rai is a British metal clay artist, fantastic teacher and director at the Cornwall School of Arts Craft and Jewellery . She was the first person in the world to achieve Metal Clay Masters registry level 4 (there are 5 levels). I have taken five accredited courses with her and have learnt more every time. I think the main thing I have taken from studyin...