Jennifer Culp

I attempted a polymer clay-only week this time around, and stuck to it until a friend’s request got me off the hook for the last two days.

The goods:

1/24/10

I started out with a different concept in mind, and after unsuccessfully playing around for a while I ended up with this fun, simple shape. Someone on Flickr commented that it looks like a baby snake. Snakes: they follow me!

I really enjoy the position of this ring on the hand. It’s not exactly practical for everyday wear, but it’s pretty awesome looking! Read more

I jumped into the Ring a Day 2010 challenge a bit late, starting on January 10. Three hundred and fifty five rings is still a pretty big goal, and I feel like this challenge will stretch me in positive directions throughout the year.

Since making one ring each day could easily turn into a very time-consuming task, I’m trying to keep materials and processes for this project simple and use it as a way to explore outside of my usual working processes. Here’s the first week’s results:

1/10/10

On the 10th, I decided to jump in feet first. (It was rather late in the evening, and seemed like a great idea at the time.) My first endeavor involved electrical wire and a small piece of brass tubing. It was actually quite difficult to get the wire to stay bent into a circle that small, but I prevailed with some glue and patience. Read more

This Christmas I took part in a Secret Santa gift exchange.

My assigned recipient was one Mayor of Bethville, author of Welcome to Bethville. When I considered what sort of gift might please the Mayor, I couldn’t get her particularly hilarious series of posts about Andrew Jackson out of my mind. So, I made a mourning pendant for the Honorable Mayor to wear on occasions of remembering our still-deceased seventh President:

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I am very excited to announce that the Culp Baubles store is now up and running! There are currently eighteen items for sale, and I’ll be adding more frequently. Check it out here: http://culpbaubles.jennculp.com/

I recently came across an old sketchbook from 2006. It’s interesting to look back and see how things that have long hung around in unused corners of my mind eventually make their way into work. For instance, this is a typical page from my scribble-filled, terribly rendered, stream-of-consciousness sketchbook:

I like how twenty year old me called out my mad drawing skillz right on the page. These were idle scratchings about something I thought would be cool—a metal orange that opened on hinges, with something inside it. That little flicker of an idea sat around for a long time before anything came of it. Read more