Purple Poodle Ornament Protea The stem end is drawn

The stem end is drawn to a point

hand-applied paint

and rather than pick one the team quietly built both into a single silhouette and moved on with the day

or thirty-six

and the cap rises from the crown so the fruit hangs heavy-side down

Purple Poodle Ornament Protea The stem end is drawnPoodle gifts tend to go grand rhinestones, monograms, portraiture and this one goes grand in the only direction left: purple. The Purple Poodle ornament is mouth blown glass with the full show cut rendered in paint, pom pom ankles, sculpted topknot, tail carried like a flag, all of it in a violet that no kennel club has ever sanctioned. The coat is built in layered passes so the curls read as curls rather than texture, the eyes and nose are set last