All Things Metal Clay
An Expert Guide

All Things Metal Clay is a blog by Elaine Luther; jeweler, artist, writer, teacher, and tool manufacturer.

Have you been to those blogs that are full of jargon and inside jokes? You read for three pages and you still can’t understand all the abbreviations. I strive to not to that here. I strive to be very clear. Each blog post should be understandable, even if it’s your first visit here.

So what will you find here? Information on metal clay and jewelry making, whether you’re just getting started or are quite expericened. You’ll find reviews of books and tools, tips and how-tos on photography, and lots on business and my cool finds on the web.

I highlight sources, cool blogs and artist websites.

Want more? You can read more about me, and the blog, at the FAQ, over on the left, in categories, and under About Us.

You can see the tools I manufacture as well as other tools that I sell, at the main site, CreativeTextureTools.

If you’re just getting started with metal clay and want to know what to do, try the category Metal Clay 101, or Links to All My Squidoo Lenses.

Want a glossary of metalsmithing terms? I have that too, it’s over at the main site under Resources.

There are now three ways to read this blog — you can come right to the site, you can subscribe to the “feed” in your reader, or you can subscribe to the email delivery of the newsletter. (arrives weekly on Wednesdays)

See over on the left there, there’s a little sign up box by Feedblitz? That’s where you can sign up for the email.

So if you’re like me, and you forget to read your favorite blog, here’s an easy way to have it delivered automatically!

Thanks for subscribing!

P.S. This is different from the newsletter you may have already signed up for over at Creative TextureTools.com

Here on the blog, I have a very strict policy for books and other things I recommend. I only recommend a book if I have actually read it myself and like it.

If I’m telling you about a resource from a trusted source that I haven’t read yet, I disclose that. That’s why I occasionally announce a book, to let you know about it, before I get my own copy.

If the resource is an affiliate parter, I disclose that too.

We are affiliate partners with:

Amazon.com

MarketingJewelry.com

ConstantContact.com

Lunar Pages Web Hosting

We do not accept any paid advertising. The “ads” that you see on the left are affiliate ads, from which I can earn commissions.

There’s another thing that sometimes happens on blogs — maybe you’re not aware of it, I wasn’t until recently — sometimes people pay for placement on a blog. In other words, a company might pay a blogger to write a post about them.

We absolutely do not do that here.

Sites, products, books and tools that I mention, I talk about because I actually like them, have used them, have read them.

Artist Website of the Week and Blog of the Week are chosen just because I like them and feel they have something you can learn from them, or that you might want to buy their jewelry.

Just thought you should know.

Elaine Luther