PolyPeople^TM and PolyAngels^TM

My purpose in life
is to make people smile

The PolyPeople^TM, PolyAngels^TM, and PolyCats^TM are created from polymer clay and recycled or scrap communications wire. I started to make them in 1998 when I was recovering from breast cancer surgery, and have continued to make them because of the effect that they have on people.

The faces are not painted, but are created using a technique derived from Venetian millefiore. The faces are made in a log, then a slice of the log is applied to a hand-made bead, then clay in a hair color to go with the wire is applied to the bead.

The PolyPeopleTM started their lives as dolls made from beads. My then nine-year-old niece asked why there were no black little people. Then a friend asked if I could make one that was a guy, and then he needed a dancing partner, and they needed some cats as pets, and then people wanted to wear them.

So I redesigned them with flat dresses so they could easily fit on a jacket lapel.

Then someone asked if I could make angels. I added wings and a halo and made them either as pins or with loops for hanging.

A special line of PolyPeopleTM are dancers. The ones with bells are Morris dancers, an English ritual dance style. I only make them on demand from Morris teams, with the colors of their team. I've also made them to look like soccer players with team numbers on their jerseys.

I now only make finished PolyPeople on request, allowinhg customers to pick the dress (no 2 alike) and the head that they want, and I finish them on the spot.