Melsie Anderson is One12's Featured Artist
Melsie Anderson is a self-taught jewelry artist. Her unique work is made with polymer clay. She creates each bead by hand, using several colors of clay. Melsie has been know to use colored sand, embossing power, paint and kitchen spices to produce a more unique look to her jewelry.
Melsie finds her inspiration from nature. Many of her designs mirror tropical flowers that can be seen in photographs and colorful paintings. She also pulls inspiration from ethnic fabrics.
Having no formal art education, Melsie has long enjoyed the creative process and working with her hands. She has taken classes in pottery, glass blowing, stained glass, mold making, lampwork beads, and knitting just to name of few.
She makes each piece to stand on its own. Melsie enjoys when customers tell her they bought a dress or shirt to match her creations that they have purchased.
