The Big Secret!

Chris has been busy over the past few weeks keeping a big secret!

She has been part of a team of testers working on and testing a new version of metal clay - Sterling Silver!!! Lisa Cain of the Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery and her people have been experimenting mixing different brands of clay to produce a sterling 925 version that can be assayed by the Hallmarking Office and also stand up to the more delicate designs that have previously been too fragile to produce in the existing fine silver clays and Chris was asked as a UK artist to test the clays and produce some pieces that would push it to it's limits.

No more details can be given at the moment but the results are going to be published in Metal Clay Magazine in a 9 page feature which will include recipes, tester's results and images of work produced in the new clay..... This is the first magazine dedicated solely to metal clay and to be in the first edition to be readily available in the UK (through WHS) is a real coup! Check out the blogspot http://metalclaymag.blogspot.com/ and keep your eye on Touchmark's blog too. Just as soon as we get the green light more details and images will be posted.