
Our featured Indie Junction artist is Shendoe Ceramics. She creates beautiful ceramic and porcelain figures. She creates molds, clays, glazes and organic shapes and uses vintage decals to add unique detail and interest. Check our her beautiful store here. Here's a little bit more about Shendoe Ceramics.
Originally an Air Force brat, I was able to travel and live in many different places growing up. As an adult I chose to move to the Bay Area where I am currently getting my Master's in Ceramic Art at San Francisco State.
When did you start to craft?
I grew up crafting with my mom. Yet I started creating ceramic jewelry when a fellow student and jewelry artist at SFSU commented on my glaze test tiles. Taryn McCabe of tomgirl.etsy.com suggested that I make my test tiles into jewelry pieces and that inspired me to start Shendoe.etsy.com.
How did you hear about Etsy and when did you join?
I have been buying from Etsy for a few years, but didn't start making and selling until November of '08.

What kind of market is your work geared towards?
My porcelain jewelry is perfect for the woman who loves jewelry but feels limited by the current style trends and materials. My pieces are a often bold with color, yet have a subtle and delicate edge to them. The material of porcelain allows me to use push jewelry beyond the bobbles and beads into a more fine art quality.
What types of crafts/artwork do you do?
My porcelain jewelry is very closely tied to the ceramic sculpture I make. I am inspired by feminine imagery, pattern, and pre-existing imagery associated with porcelain tea sets, social values, and women. Each piece is made individually so it is often one of a kind.
What kinds of materials do you like to work with?
I make and use the same porcelain clay body and glazes for my jewelry as I do for my porcelain sculptures. I use open stock ceramic overglaze decals to add vibrant images to my work.
What are your inspirations?
I find inspiration everywhere. I look for patterns, florals, shapes that interest me. Often I go to thrift stores or resale shops to look at fabric, buttons, and vintage jewelry to get ideas for design. I don't often know what I am looking for, but when I find it there is no question that I am inspired by it.
What is some advice you could share with other crafters?
Follow your passion!

My porcelain jewelry is perfect for the woman who loves jewelry but feels limited by the current style trends and materials. My pieces are a often bold with color, yet have a subtle and delicate edge to them. The material of porcelain allows me to use push jewelry beyond the bobbles and beads into a more fine art quality.
What types of crafts/artwork do you do?
My porcelain jewelry is very closely tied to the ceramic sculpture I make. I am inspired by feminine imagery, pattern, and pre-existing imagery associated with porcelain tea sets, social values, and women. Each piece is made individually so it is often one of a kind.
What kinds of materials do you like to work with?
I make and use the same porcelain clay body and glazes for my jewelry as I do for my porcelain sculptures. I use open stock ceramic overglaze decals to add vibrant images to my work.
What are your inspirations?
I find inspiration everywhere. I look for patterns, florals, shapes that interest me. Often I go to thrift stores or resale shops to look at fabric, buttons, and vintage jewelry to get ideas for design. I don't often know what I am looking for, but when I find it there is no question that I am inspired by it.
What is some advice you could share with other crafters?
Follow your passion!

Where else can we find you?
www.shennycruces.com
www.shendoe.etsy.com
www.facebook.com/ShendoeCeramics
In the Sacramento Area: Krazy Mary's Boutique on J Street in Midtown
www.shennycruces.com
www.shendoe.etsy.com
www.facebook.com/ShendoeCeramics
In the Sacramento Area: Krazy Mary's Boutique on J Street in Midtown























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