20 Days of Handmade: Mandy Allen Metal Arts

There are only a couple of posts left for 20 Days of Handmade! Today’s pick is another artist I met at the Grout Elementary holiday fair this year, Mandy Allen Metal Arts. She uses silver and anodized aluminum to create lovely and light jewelry and wall art. I love her gingko leaf inspired pieces such as this necklace. I’ve long been a fan of anodized aluminum and really enjoy her color combinations and metal cuts. Each piece has a lot of movement and never looks heavy.

Mandy Allen Metal Arts can also be found tomorrow at the Handmade Northwest Formal show!

Support Handmade: A Studio by the Sea

I met Jody of A Studio by the Sea a number of years ago when I lived in New York City and belonged to a local craft group. She was always super kind with giving rides or sharing a tent (rare commodities for New Yorkers used to public transit) and I got to show at a number of fairs with her.

Jody makes wonderful lamp work glass jewelry. As a panda who loves cookies, I have long loved her line of sweets necklaces, especially the wee cupcakes. Her chains and headpins are all sterling silver and the detail on each piece is fabulous. Each sprinkle done by hand and she even adds the grooves in the cupcake papers.

True to her business name she also has a line of Oceana beads and necklaces. I love how much attention every single bead gets, and as someone who can get very obsessive with my own work, I really appreciate the time it takes to get everything just so.

You can order through her etsy shop and if you’re near Beacon, New York you can also see her wares in person at the Hudson Valley Etsy Team’s Holiday Fair at the Howland Cultural Center on Saturday December 13th.