Clay Petals to PedevillaArt

As you can see, my blog name has changed from Clay Petals to PedevillaArt.  You can now find my blog at www.PedevillaArt.blogspot.com.

In April I left my place of employment in the area of disability rights. Those that know me, know that I have worked in the disability community over 34 years.  Disability rights is one of my passions.

Those that know me, also know that I have a second passion in the Arts. I have been passionate about art my entire life.    

I have taken these last couple of months to think about what direction I want to go. I have always wanted to use my creative side in my career.  I want what I love to be what I do and what I love is to be creative.  That said, I have decided to focus a lot more on my air dry clay business.  I am changing my business name to Pedevilla with the tag line of Clay Artistry.  I believe this is more elegant sounding than Clay Petals, plus I think our last name Pedevilla is so very beautiful.

I am working on a redesign of my website and will probably shut it down until the redesign is complete.  Looking forward to changes, as I have ignored my site for a long, long time. I have lots of work to do.  The website will be www.PedevillaArt.com and my business FaceBook page name now is Pedevilla - Clay Artistry.

Until next time, 

Karen Pedevilla

New Logo and name for my art business

It will be a few weeks before I change over to a new name, but introducing the look. Changing from Clay Petals to Pedevilla, Clay Artistry.  I will be working on a new website, new domain name, new email address and and of course I have lots of ideas for new pieces of art. 

Thank you Connie Wagner for your help

New Branding/Look?

K A R E N   P E D E V I L L A

CLAY ART DESIGN

I have been thinking about changing the branding/look of my art business as well as a name change. I really don't like the name of my business "Clay Petals"  I don't think that it is pretty and it doesn't capture the beauty of my work.  

The clay that I use is not pottery clay. It is a colorful air-dried clay and is used to create accent pieces, floral arrangements, wedding flowers, figurines, and wall art. 

Because creating art is my business and I am the artist, I think I want to use our family name Pedevilla.  The name Pedevilla is very pretty and is a name that is unusual in the United States.  Many artists just use their name, as they create the art. 

Once I make the decision, I hope to hire a friend of mine to create the look/logo.

I want the branding to be professional, beautiful and elegant. Maybe include an iris as the majority of my work are florals and one of my favorite flowers is the blue/purple bearded iris. 

P E D E V I L L A

CLAY ART DESIGN

P E D E V I L L A  D E S I G N S

CLAY ART

Let me know what you think.

"Art In Bloom", You are Invited

You are Invited to "Art In Bloom" Gallery Reception at the 

Plainfield - Guilford Township Public Library 

Sunday September 8, 2013. 

Start Time: 2:00 PM

End Time: 4:00 PM

September features "Art in Bloom" with crewel embroidery "paintings" by Marci Alvis Slinski, florals in acrylic by Connie Wagner, strikingly realistc floral sculptures by Karen Pedevilla along with works by Molly Hammond and students of the Porcelain Art Studio. ARTZONE and Gallery Hands contributions complete the exhibit. Refreshments will be served.

My work and the art of three other amazing artists 

will be on display September 7 - September 30, 2013. 

Clay Succulent or Not???

Question for the day..... Is this a real succulent or a clay succulent?

Yes, this is made of DECO Clay.  This is my first try at making succulents. I love it. Stay tune to see some more succulents in beautiful glass terrariums.

Plum Bonsai

Well, I found a little time to work on my DECO Clay projects today.This is my bonsai tree. I enjoyed using the garden clay. It really looks like real wood.  I hope to get some more time to work on more irises and maybe some tulips or hydrangea.

Iris

I am heading to Georgia in a few weeks for more training in DECO Clay.  So.... I have lots of homework to complete.  I am really pleased how this iris and mimosa turned out. I need to complete 3 more open irises and another bud to finish this project. 

Today I recieved more supplies from DECO Clay Academy in Hawaii. I have so much to do, that I will probably be ordering more supplies before I leave. 

I am about done with a plum bonsai tree. I will post pictures of it when complete.