New Jersey’s Megan of MakerMegan turns cutout capsule shapes into very perky Christmas trees.
She stacks the shapes with the top one hanging over slightly so that she can attach the star and jump ring.
The colors are very 2022 (have you checked out new palettes from Pantone? Looks like it’s our year!
Often slab earrings seem too repetitive and predictable. Where’s the fun, the heart, the Christmas spirit?
Oregon’s Ashley (heyletsclay) brings the delight back to holiday decorating. She drapes and tangles Christmas lights on a white background using extruded strings as cords and dots as lights. She cuts the meandering results into a bunch of shapes. Using an assortment of cutters, her carefree dance turns into pins, earrings, charms, and ornaments.
There’s the spirit! Bet the kids would like this!
It’s Monday and I really didn’t feel much like trolling through Instagram and Facebook. Maine’s Diane Manzi must have sensed my overload.
She emailed me photos of her reverse mosaic ornaments and switchplates which set off a series of alarm bells that chimed gaily, “We have a winner!” Her ornaments and switchplates have a woven, scrappy, graphic, contemporary look.
What in the world is “reverse mosaic” and will she share her magic? She claims to be a doodler. Tell us more!
Photos of the ornaments and switchplates show off her style much better than the little photos on her website. She’s an art educator. Lucky kids to have such a teacher. I’m jealous.
Bravo for Diane bravely sending her work to PCD. Now we want more, more from her. Here she is on Facebook. Let’s coax her out of her shell.
Soulth Carolina’s Kathy Koontz (FlowertownOriginals) thanks the pandemic for one of her best sellers this season. Yes, Covid slowed the manufacture and shipping of clay but she didn’t let that stop her as she saw her supplies running low.
Kathy got creative with her scraps. “Whether it’s old canes being reimagined or unsuccessful veneers that I somehow knew to keep, they both found a place in these Christmas sweater ornaments. So thanks corona virus!” There are a few left on Etsy.
Portland’s Laurel Swetnam loves her deep reds and oranges. By this time of year, she’s left with lots of cane ends and leftover veneers.
Not a problem! The patterns and colors play nicely with each other as she pieces them into these charmingly angular fox ornaments. Simple shapes become stunning ornaments.
You may not be ready for the holidays but Jenny Sorensen (WishingWellWorkshop) won’t let you forget.
What really got me about this cardinal in the snow ornament was the unexpected element — a cinnamon stick perch! She often adds a rock or wood or some other natural element to ground her work.
The polymer is smooth and whimsical. The cinnamon adds a natural and fragrant touch. I love the holiday combo.
Madrid’s Cristina Garcia Alvarez (espiralarte) says Feliz Navidad with polka dots and extruded strings that wind up to form a delightfully minimalist Christmas tree.
No glitter or glitz just blended pastel color lines and dimensional white dots with a faux wood tree trunk.
Simple designs contain great charm at this time of year.
Ohio’s Jan Montarsi gives dimension to the snowmen pins he made for a swap by shadowing their rounded edges. To give them personality he splurges on scarves, hats, and earmuffs.
Anita Kennerley builds her angel earrings by wrapping a circle and using hearts for wings. Using only a red circle, white belt, and black belt buckle, her earrings say that Santa is coming.
It’s the merry attitude in these designs that captures the spirit of the season.
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The earrings from Australia’s Melvellous (Mel) are cheeky and fun.
She features everything from gingerbread houses to avocados to boobs for people who are comfortable making statements or wearing jokes on their ears.
Melvellous is part of EarringLover.com that has gathered together over 400 artists in AU and New Zealand to market them online.
These Tres Reyes, make up an exotic three kings ornament set from New York’s Olga Ayala.
Olga calls herself a Nuyorican (Puerto Rican New Yorker) who grew up in the heart of Spanish Harlem in New York City.
Influenced by the music and cultures around her, she infuses her polymer works with those same rhythms and colors. Here she is on Facebook.
Feliz Navidad!
This week on Saturday’s StudioMojo we’ll be figuring out how to leave a few breadcrumbs around the studio so that when the holiday hubbub settles down, you will enthusiastically follow them back to your art.
