Maryland’s Ali Bojanowski (bycamelliadesign) drapes red, white, and blue into patriotic earrings for Memorial Day. Granted, it will take longer than the few seconds that Ali shows here. But fast forward to the end of May, and you could be sporting these flag buntings on your ears in the town parade. Folded, draped, and wrinkled […] Read more
Phoebe (Otie & Co) introduces breezy basketweaves into her swingy earrings. The texture adds hints of lazy days, picnic baskets, and porch furniture. Phoebe started making boho baby art when she first started. That quickly morphed into baby mama jewelry and art. Visit her IG for a taste of summer.
StudioMojo just got flashier and more fun! After 10 years, it was time to shake things up. This week there’s everything from Mother’s Day micro mosaics to instructions for making your own polymer clay. Throw in some new Corlite, polymer painting, and extruded earrings and you’re charged up and ready to launch yourself forward with […] Read more
New Jersey’s Donna Greenberg adds a secret to her scrappy leaf earrings. On the front, she adds dots for interest. Only the wearer knows that the back is as interesting as the front. Donna added an overlay of cutout clay. It’s like a private message from the artist. Donna reminds us that the back is […] Read more
Maryland’s Rachana Saurabh brings her heritage to all her artwork. She paints elegant, colorful Indian women. Her delicately embellished polymer earrings show an unmistakable folk art influence as well. Now she merges painting and polymer this new Lotus Pond panel. Watch her add these blossoms on a background of swirled and spiraling extruded strings of […] Read more
Indiana’s Riley (RiClayCollection) gets ready for Mothers Day with a twist. She gives a narrow pale ribbon of polymer a slight twist and ends the earrings with a delicate matching ball. The effect is both contemporary and classic. Riley is an arts fundraiser and finds herself surrounded by inspiration. She started with clay during quarantine.
Do cowgirls (and cowboys) wear barbed wire earrings? Wait! Maryam (GraciousRebelDesigns) is from Philadelphia so she’s probably not aiming for ranching types. In fact, Maryam says she makes earrings for the brave and the rebellious. She started during the pandemic. These polymer barbs and hoops are much more comfortable than real wire. They look quite convincing. […] Read more
Australia’s Belinda Broughton has gone too far. Paint, powders, inks, crackle. You name it, she wants to try it on polymer. The farther she goes, the more crazy, juicy, color-soaked patterns Belinda brings to life. Here she has a Thelma and Louise moment and drives off the cliff. It’s a joyous moment and she’s got […] Read more
The earrings that I raved about earlier this week were from Houston’s Sally Kirk (Blossomandclay) using Moiko silkscreens. Right tool, wrong artist. Once I fixed that, I went to her Instagram for a wander. Sally’s two little girls giggle and sing and sort components for their mom. They are very proud of her. They scribble […] Read more
“I could never wear these,” is what you’re telling yourself, right? I’ve been adding progressively larger earrings to my stash to get over my fear of being too old, too short, too whatever. And you know what? I’m getting comfy with in-your-face, I’m an artist, deal-with-it earrings. These colorful collages from Poland’s Gosia (Malgorzata Wawrzynczak […] Read more
