Location
Carlsbad, California
United States
About the Artist
I was raised by “makers”. My mother was a professional seamstress, and my father a passionate woodworker – both fearless in their approach to taking on creative challenges. I have always had art and craft in my life from hand-made paper, to stained glass, beading, wire work, and wood turning. I have been working with polymer clay for more than 12 years. I enjoy the creative process and make jewelry, bowls, decorative items, and enhanced home goods. Since childhood, I have a long habit of discovering and collecting natural objects like interesting shells, rocks, leaves, and lost bird feathers. I have continued this fascination into adulthood. In these bowls, I have integrated my passion for polymer the natural environment. I also learned a new skill – collecting blown down pine needles from my neighborhood; sorting, cleaning and dying some of them in my “slow cooker”; and teaching myself to weave them for these bowl rims.
2021 Exhibition Images
Imperial Beach Cache
16.75” circumference, 6.5" long x 4 ”wide x 5” high
Polymer clay, image transfer (photo by syndee holt, used with permission), pine needles, shell
Oval vessel of polymer clay rimmed with pine needles collected, prepared, and woven by the artist and adorned with shell from the artists personal collection.
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Central Coast Luminosity
17” circumference, 7 long”x 3.75” wide x 5” high
Polymer clay, image transfer (photo by unknown, found multiple locations), pine needles
Oval vessel of polymer clay rimmed with pine needles collected, prepared, and woven by the artist.
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Moonstones / Beach at Cambria
3.75” long x 4.5 “ wide x 5” high
Polymer clay, image transfer (photo by The Painted Hinge, used with permission), pine needles
Rectangular vessel of polymer clay rimmed with pine needles collected, prepared, dyed, and woven by the artist
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