vans

i teamed up with vans and made some papier mache tutorial videos to kickstart your creativity during quarantine. it was sooo much fun playing with the papier mache figures and stop motion!! be sure to watch through the end of each video for a special treat!

click here to watch my videos on vans.com

 

new york baby in covid 19 times

custom baby mobile for a new mom due may 2nd in new york city: a medical student recovering from covid 19. i hope her baby girl will love this papier mache mobile designed with 3 little birds and a lion at the top! may she be strong, healthy and safe

jenny lemons

a trip to jenny lemons in san francisco! i made a fruity snoopy window display to promote my papier mache workshop and got to meet ray of sunshine jennie and very cool qien… also can you guess who made this famous dog w tennis ball in my workshop?! the one and only kristina micotti!!!!

big ellen head

A giant Ellen Degeneres head!!!! for the Ellen Show/ Warner Brothers Studio
and all the steps it took to make it with paper mache!

makers mess

sunday's paper mache ornament workshop at maker's mess in silverlake was a huge success! it was a full class of 23 makers and i wasn't expecting all the beautiful unique ornaments that were created! a few photos i took...and regret not taking more!! 
thanks to the wonderfully positive response for this workshop, i'm hosting another  on december 16th. since it's already sold-out in a day with a full load of 25 makers, i'm considering doing a more intensive 4 hour workshop on paper mache mobile making in january. if you're interested, please contact makers mess for more info.

pocket object

super excited to be included in pocket object traveling art exhibition of artist made limited edition keychains! The show will be at tusk chicago 11/19, the hester street fair nyc,  family books, los angeles 2/9, elephant gallery, nashville, anytime dept., ohio and more. check pocket object on instagram for updates.

9 years of mobiles!

happy birthday to sid my kid 3 of 3. his birthday marks 9 years of making mobiles! when he was born, i wanted to make a mobile for him. we had moved 4 or 5 times that year (from east coast to west cast) and the only things i could find unpacked around the apartment were newspapers and cardboard boxes. i made him a mobile of little houses with paper mache that i hung from a branch with an igloo, teepee, airstream, yurt,  and a frame. i loved this mobile so much that i made another, put it on my jikits blog and etsy and it sold immediately. then it was featured on design sponge!  sid was only one month old when we moved and i never stopped making. he's my golden boy leo sign also born on mick jagger's birthday:)

window installation

i installed marottes and mobiles in the window at los angeles county store, 4333 sunset blvd., silver lake today! 20% of profits from my art will be donated to the downtown women's center to aid homeless women in los angeles. that's a great reason to buy some art now!

california poppy

for little nora mae, nicknamed ‘poppy’ a mobile with california poppy, rainbow, red tailed hawk, brown bear, pacific whale, vintage pink convertible porsche, canon camera and palette with brush (because mom is a photographer and artist: follow @jesspirrophoto on instagram for more great pics) the top 3 photos are by jessica pirro and the pink cloud framed photo is by max wanger.