The Other Loft by Adeline Oon: Shop Feature : Pixie Suzie

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The Other Loft by Adeline Oon: Shop Feature : Pixie Suzie

Inspired by Art

Tree of Wisdom inspired by Natasha Wescoat
Acrylic on Canvas

Summer Time inspired by Renoir
Acrylic on Canvas

Spring Time inspired by Renoir
Acrylic on Canvas

Children at Play inspired by Charlotte Derain

Watercolour and pencil collage

My work as Instructor at Abrakadoodle Art studio for kids previously has indeed given me added inspiration to my designs, use of colours and textures. The exposure to various artists was indeed inspirational. Though still very much an amateur, painting has provided another avenue of expression for me apart from music and crafts. It has also given me ideas to  my craftwork from time to time. Here are some of my free time paintings inspired by Charlotte Derain known for her African stick figures, Natasha Wescoat who is famous for her whimsical trees as well as impressionists artists such as Renoir and Monet. I wish I have time to do more as is so therapeutic.

Spring Time is particular special to me because that was done by Ethan, Wilson and I. The use of different techniques was interesting to my 5 year old. He wasn't too keen on dipping his fingers into Acrylic at first but seeing the effect it creates, he got more enthusiastic. But I think the part Ethan enjoyed most was the upward brushstrokes to create the effect of the grass. He did a great job!

A custom made Ring Pillow with the Calla Lily

A customer requested for a customization of her ring pillow, flower girl basket and bride's maids' brooches. Her colour theme revolves around black, white and gold and she wants calla lillies in them. I love the combination. My immediate thought was to make a black silk ring pillow with gold satin ribbons and white calla lilies with polymer clay. The centrepiece was designed to involve a pair of white handmade clay calla lilies accented with brass leaf filigrees and matching rhinestone and crystals to add touches of glitter to it. The flower girl basket is of the same design to match the pillow with 6 pieces of gold satin flower brooches. I simply adore the outcome and I hope it will be something special for this very special occasion for my customer of mine.

New designs with the Ranunculus

My latest shoe clips and headband designs are inspired by the Ranunculus flower. I love its simplicity that look so chic.

A glimpse of my Wire Art hobby

Looking back at some of the crafts I did before brought back lots of memories. Wire Art was something I picked up on my own. I was browsing at a bookstore and came across this book on Wire art. I loved the fact that a simple piece of wire can actually be so versatile. I couldn't resist but bought it and started experimenting. I was thrilled upon completing my first necklace. It was a skill I gradually picked up through exploring and fine-tuning.

 

Wilson (my husband) shared my excitement and my sister, Wendy, kept encouraging me to sell my creations. She even came out with the brand name, 'Wir'art' and designed the logo for me.  The three of us started selling them at the Parkway handy craft fair. It was a hit! Thanks to Wendy (who studied media design) who  helped me with the shop's concept. She was also the marketeer at most of the fairs. We also participated in hotel fairs which were fantastic. I subsequently consigned some of the more sophisticated creations to a shop at at Esplanade and sales was promising. Retailers also started to place orders for their shops. Wilson picked up the skill as well to help me as and when he was free to.

The entire jounrney was fun and fulfilling. Upon expecting Ethan, I gradually stopped. My tools are still around and I am now looking for insipiration to rekindle this hobby of mine sometime soon. Here is a link to my Wire art gallery (an ecrater site I created sometime back) http://www.wirart.ecrater.com/

Inspirations

Beautiful things inspire me. But to me, beauty is all about creativity. Being able to put together different elements and make them look unique and amazing is a form of creativity. That is why I love accessories. When it comes to my own wardrobe, I must say they are pretty plain. I prefer to play up my clothes with accessories. I find versatility in accessorizing and that constantly makes me think of unique combinations with different objects and elements for my craftwork too. I really don't like to think of anything colour or object as boring or ugly. In fact I would prefer to find a way to make it work. That is the challenge I find in my craftwork.

I must say that working with brides-to-be from United States, Europe and other parts of the world over the last 2 years has been inspirational and wonderful. The fact that they love colours gave me alot more freedom to be creative. Never have I thought that a bride would want to match a royal purple with cream and black for her wedding pillow but one bride requested for that because those were her wedding colours. It turned out really well and she loved it! With the right design to it, everything turned out perfect! A recent bride had Fushia pink and charcoal grey as her wedding colours and it really challenged me to come up with a ring pillow that made her day! She was thrilled when I sent her the completed pillow.

Being able to satisify my customers from a 1000 miles away merely through a few emails is just awesome. How can I not love my job? ;)

I love Shoe Clips

I am recently working on a new product line for Precious Findings. They are none other then the most amazing invention of all time, SHOE CLIPS. Like most women, I love shoes. But there only that amount of space for me to keep my shoes and being a stay home mom, I have less opportunities to wear them. I realised that I am always wearing those few most comfortable pairs of shoes and the rest are still in the shoe closet and soon  they will disintegrate. As such, eventhough I love them so much, I restrain my buying. Instead I thought shoe clips are just perfect for me. In fact I thought they should be perfect for most ladies out there.

There are so many ways to wear our one pair of plain shoes.The shoe clip can do wonders! It can be clipped in different ways on the shoes to give a different look each time, e,g, in the middle, slightly off centre, near the ankle. While you wear a plain pair of black pumps to work in the day, you may just put on the shoes clips in the evening and you are ready for a more formal  or fun occasion in the evening.

Look out for more of my creations coming your way at www.precioufindings.etsy.com or you may contact me directly.