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Creativity After Christmas
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Creativity After Christmas

While working on my next big piece, I’ve been contemplating the art I’ve made during January in the past few years. Not only did I find that the pieces were some of my best, but three of the past four have won an award of some sort! 

2014 – Date Night (formerly Colored Pear Illuminated) – 1st gourd lamp, won 3rd place in sculpture at 2014 Celebration of the Arts

2015 – Teddy’s Balloon – made for my little man – 1st place in Gourd Magazine Spring 2017 Craft contest (resulting in featured artist for Summer issue)

2016 – Ascension – Honorable Mention at 2016 Artworks Members Only show

2017 – Dream – My largest piece to date – sold during my first setup at the Kentucky Crafted Market

Stay tuned for this year’s creation 😁

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Hive (2016) – Gourd Lamp

Introducing “Hive.”

This gourd lamp, created in January 2016, sits 18 inches high (including stem) and is 7.5 inches at its widest point. The name comes from the center design, a series of hexagons drawn out while experimenting with various shapes. The name continues to fit once you notice the different patterns working together to create on work of art, with its inner light shining through.

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Hive (2016) - unlit front

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Hive (2016) - unlit back

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Hive (2016) - lit front

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Hive (2016) - lit back

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Teddy’s Balloon

Introducing Teddy’s Balloon. This piece means a lot to me, and is one of the few pieces that I will never part with. This gourd lamp is named for, and made for, a very special someone. Don’t worry, I’ll talk more about him later. This lamp will hang over a glider in his room.

This hot air balloon inspired gourd lamp is made of two gourds, one for the balloon and basket, the other for the tiny bear riding along. The balloon hangs, with the support of the lighting cord, which includes a standard size light bulb for beautiful night light views.

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Flower Power Lamp 1

I like projects where the customer wants a main topic, a good idea of color, and leaves the rest to my imagination. I was asked to make a girly lamp, with flowers and girly colors. From that grew Flower Power Lamp #1. Enjoy 🙂

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Flower Power Lamp #1 2014

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Flower Power Lamp #1 2014

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Flower Power Lamp #1 2014

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Halloween 2014: Part 2

Here’s a look at the next two 2014 Halloween gourd lamps: Jolly Qualls & Gourd-o-Lantern 1.

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Jolly Qualls gourd lamp

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Jolly Qualls gourd lamp (night)

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Gourd-o-Lantern 1 gourd lamp

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Gourd-o-Lantern 1 (night)

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Gourd-o-Lantern 1 (night, back)

Happy Halloween!

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Halloween 2014

It’s that wonderful time of year again! Well, at least second most wonderful. Fall is here, and with it is Halloween! The biggest things right now are the Halloween gourd lamps. Here are the first two, Halloween Gourd Lamp no.2 & Arachnogourdia 1. * http://www.facebook.com/snpcrafts

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Halloween Gourd Lamp no.2

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Halloween Gourd Lamp no.2

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Arachnogourdia 1

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Arachnogourdia 1

Enjoy the season 🙂