Julia Rai is an artist and teacher working in metal clay. She has been working with metal clay since 2004, and teaching it since 2007. She holds the MCSJ Higher Metal Clay Diploma, PMC Certification from Rio Grande and Art Clay Level 1 and Level 2 Certifications. She also holds the City and Guilds 7407 Further Education Teaching Qualification.
Julia is the Director of the Metal Clay Academy, an online resource for everyone interested in metal clay.
Her spare time is currently taken up with working on projects for the Metal Clay Masters Registry and she has achieved Registry IV, the first person in the world to achieve this level.
In 2011, Julia's work was nominated for a Saul Bell Design Award.