Vikki Spohn, a Delaware artist, loves making jewelry using polymer clay. The medium is synthetic and pliable, allowing Spohn to create beautiful jewelry, limited only by her imagination. 

Spohn is an art major graduate from Capital University, Columbus Ohio. She also spent nine months studying art in Verona, Italy. “I've done art, in many mediums, all my life,” she said. 

Her interest in clay started about 40 years ago when she bought her children clay for making sculptures. This led Spohn to a polymer clay class at the Arts Castle. “I was smitten by polymer clay,” she said. The classes gave her permission to practice her art whenever she wanted. 

There are several techniques Spohn can use for a creation. One of these ways, is to cut a shape from a sheet of white clay, then hand tint it with pan pastels, followed by baking it for 45-60 minutes in an oven. This can be the beginning of a necklace, bracelet or earrings. Spohn said, she also makes her own metal chains for most of her projects.

She attended OSU for an advance degree in social work, leaving her artistic passions to take a back seat. After 30 years she retired and went back to her first love. Spohn now spends six to eight hours a day in her home studio drawing and all things art. She also started participating in art festivals around Central Ohio and finally three or four years ago she decided on the Delaware Arts Festival.

She and her stunning unique jewelry can be found at Gallery 22, 22 East Winter Street, where Spohn volunteers.