WEEK 13: Woodland Chic Design Explorations

Featured Artist: Donna Penoyer
Title: Artist
Material of choice:  Metal clay
Website address: www.donnapenoyer.com
What social media are  you on? Facebook

Favorite quote: If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough. (said by me)

Favorite tool:  Polymer clay, because of its variety of uses (armatures for drying metal clay, tearaway textures, tool handles, jewelry displays, cabochons for setting, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 13: Woodland Chic Design Explorations – Metal Clay Whistle Pendant

More of Donna Penoyers work

Artist Bio

Donna Penoyer, an internationally recognized jewelry artist known as The Whistle Lady, creates one-of-a-kind and limited-edition jewelry via metal clay. Her fine silver jewelry has been featured in two invitational exhibits at Purdue University, where she won Best of Show in July 2010. A collaboration between Penoyer and glass artist Darlene Durrwachter Rushing was chosen to travel the world for a year in the Convergence II exhibit. Penoyer’s whistle amulets and other pieces have appeared in multiple publications, including all five editions of PMC Guild Annual: Exceptional Work in Precious Metal Clay, with her work chosen for the 2009 cover. Penoyer has been featured four times as a master instructor on the internet show CRAFTCAST and is one of ten artists around the world chosen as a designer for Whole Lotta Whimsy’s Master Muses program. Donna is an outgoing and enthusiastic instructor whose work has appeared in Art Jewelry magazine, PolymerCAFE magazine, Robert Dancik’s Amulets and Talismans book, Sherri Haab’s  revised edition of The Art of Metal Clay, and Hattie Sanderson’s Contemporary Metal Clay Rings. She has also been a professional stiltwalker since 1998, performing for corporate events and festivals. Donna’s websites can be found at www.donnapenoyer.com and www.donnastilts.com.