Etsy MetalClay's Charm Bracelet for the Red Cross

Just like an old-fashioned cookie swap, twenty-one members of the Etsy MetalClay Team held a charm swap last spring. Each artist designed and fabricated their own charm in metal clay. The charms where then mailed to team member Jane Font, who divided them up and sent out a set to each participating team member. It was so exciting to open up the package and unwrap each charm. Every one a work of art!


But the swap was about much more than that—because the team also decided to make two extra charms each, assemble them into bracelets, and donate those two bracelets for charitable causes. Last fall the first bracelet was successfully auctioned for the benefit of Autism Speaks. Now, the team has the second bracelet up for auction on EBay, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross. The auction ends Thursday, May 12 at 9 p.m PDT.

The charms are made by metal clay artists Lorena Angulo, Milica Bubanja, Carrie Benvenuti, Cherylyn Gnadt Bredemann, Nicola Callow, Christine Childress, Lis-el Crowley, Evelyn Pelati Dombkowski, Janice Doner, Kelly Fehr, Jane Font, Beverly Gallerani, Judy Gordon, Kristi Bowman Gruel, Lucia Gulino, Louise Hunter, Rachel Kranzberg Miller, Heidi Stinson, Kathy Voss, Catherine Witherell and Tiffany Zadi.

Team member Christine Childress kindly volunteered to assemble the bracelet. She chose a beautiful 7.5 inch sterling cable chain with a toggle clasp. Fine silver, bronze and copper metal clays have been used for the charms. This is the last time this set of charms will be available.

The Etsy MetalClay Team is an international group of metal clay artists, sharing experiences with working in the metal clay medium and selling on Etsy.

~ Evelyn P. Dombkowski

Julia Rai Interviewed by the Etsy Metal Clay Team

I was very flattered to be asked to do an interview with Evelyn Pelati Dombkowski, a member of the Etsy Metal Clay Team for their blog. She asked me 10 - well, 11 actually - questions about the Metal Clay Masters Registry. I've just achieved Masters Registry IV - the first person in the world to get to this level, so Evelyn asked me a bunch of questions about my experiences in the Registry. You can read the interview here. I also gave them a scoop on one of my newest pieces, which is one of my favorites. It's called Destiny and it's a brooch which uses metal clay sheet as a texture on the surface.