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  • Blog, Inspiration

    All You Need Is A Vision

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    Vision needed, © Shelly Arroyo.

    This is what I love about art: taking something ordinary, randomly destroying it by doing the unexpected, and realizing it’s the perfect possibility for a role in a larger, magical masterpiece, only I could envision… True art appreciation. And, all you need is a vision.

    To some, it’s merely trash. Wet paper that becomes a sticky, gooey mess. To me, there are a myriad of tangents where this “mess” could go… Food for my soul, for sure!

    Finished flag triptych, © Shelly Arroyo.

    This is what I love about art: taking something ordinary, randomly destroying it by doing the unexpected, and realizing it’s the perfect possibility for a role in a larger, magical masterpiece, only I could envision…

    Triptych in progress, © Shelly Arroyo.

    PLEASE FOLLOW ME as I embark on a quest to enjoy, learn from, and raise my bamBEANos, in the best way this Mama Chickpea can. Art is my “balance” to life and I enjoy all the DIY therapy I can handle! To learn more about Mama Chickpea, click HERE.

    To shop Mama Chickpea originals, click HERE.

    All content and artwork © Shelly Arroyo, A.k.a. Mama Chickpea.

  • Blog, Cr8tive Clay

    Cr8tive Clay

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    In the winter 2017, an idea was hatching from numerous family trips: a family-run studio space for painting canvas and earth clay. This would be my second art studio, Cr8tive Clay, a long-awaited rebirth of all the things I loved about my previous art studio in Ohio.

    “Cr8tive Clay,” 2020, © Shelly Arroyo.

    Cr8tive Clay would have classes, parties, and fundraisers. A Saturday morning story hour with project, topping off my top favorites for the space. Ideas started hatching and our family kept visiting other pottery studios, eager to paint our next piece. We signed the lease for the space for Cr8tive Clay in the fall of 2019.

    Cr8tive Clay workers, 2020, © Shelly Arroyo.
    “Cr8tive Clay” space, 2020, © Shelly Arroyo.
    “Cr8tive Clay” space (painted), 2020, © Shelly Arroyo.

    Due to open the end of March 2020, we were surprised (like many!) with the Covid Pandemic shutting everything down. Orders for supplies were unable to be delayed, yet suppliers abroad closed, some overnight. With basic necessities like toilet paper being a hot commodity, while our local schools being online for almost two years, the keys had to be returned, and the idea shelved for the interim. Hopefully, a studio space will resurface again over time…fingers crossed.

    Cr8tive Clay samples, 2020, © Shelly Arroyo.

    “Ideas started hatching and our family kept visiting other pottery studios, eager to paint our next piece.”

    Cr8tive Clay samples 2, 2020, © Shelly Arroyo.
    Cr8tive Clay keys, 2019, © Shelly Arroyo.
    Cr8tive Clay space, 2019, © Shelly Arroyo.

    PLEASE FOLLOW ME as I embark on a quest to enjoy, learn from, and raise my bamBEANos, in the best way this Mama Chickpea can. Art is my “balance” to life and I enjoy all the DIY therapy I can handle! To learn more about Mama Chickpea, click HERE.

    To shop Mama Chickpea originals, click HERE.

    All content and artwork © Shelly Arroyo, A.k.a. Mama Chickpea.