KIDS
clay
all day TWO MINIATURE MAKERS GOT INSPIRED TO SELL THEIR SCULPTED CREATIONS BY BROOKE SPACH | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN MICHAEL SIMPSON
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on’t let the kitchen tools fool you – this dynamic duo specializes in a different kind of creation. The medium of choice for sisters Marion Jacobs, 11, and Iris Jacobs, 7, isn’t pasta dough; it’s polymer clay. After a few long, idle months upon starting online schooling in March 2020, Marion was eager for summer break so she could use the free time working with her hands. “[Clay] was something for me to use as a kind of, ‘Hey, COVID is here, let’s relieve some stress and squeeze
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CHATHAM MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2023