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  Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Not All Black & White (Side 1)

  2024
  Double Sided Necklace. Polymer clay, drawing by Cynthia Toops using micronpen & prismacolor pencil , sterling silver metalwork by Dan Adams, sterling silver chain.
  4 3/4" w x 4 1/2" l x 1/4" d . 21.5" long chain.

  1290. USD

  "Nothing is black and white. I used birds to illustrate this reality"
  br>Black & White side - 
  Top bezel: Magpie and Crow
  Long bezel: Black and White Warbler and Black Collared Starling
  Bottom bezel: Snowy Owl and Black Crowned Night Heron
  
  Color & Grey side - 
  Top bezel: Great Grey Owl and Barn Owl
  Long bezel: Rufous Hummingbird and Silver Eye
  Bottom Bezel: Patagonian Conure (Burrowing Parrot)

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  Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Not All Black & White
  Side 1 Detail

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  Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Not All Black & White (Side 2)

  2024
  Double Sided Necklace. Polymer clay, drawing by Cynthia Toops using micronpen & prismacolor pencil , sterling silver metalwork by Dan Adams, sterling silver chain.
  4 3/4" w x 4 1/2" l x 1/4" d . 21.5" long chain.

  1290. USD

  "Nothing is black and white. I used birds to illustrate this reality"
  br>Black & White side - 
  Top bezel: Magpie and Crow
  Long bezel: Black and White Warbler and Black Collared Starling
  Bottom bezel: Snowy Owl and Black Crowned Night Heron
  
  Color & Grey side - 
  Top bezel: Great Grey Owl and Barn Owl
  Long bezel: Rufous Hummingbird and Silver Eye
  Bottom Bezel: Patagonian Conure (Burrowing Parrot)

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  Not All Black & White
  Side 2 Detail

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  Endangered (Side 2)

  2024
  Double Sided Pendant. Polymer clay, drawing by Cynthia Toops using micron pen & prismacolor pencil , sterling silver metalwork by Dan Adams, sterling silver chain.
  2 1/8" x 1" x 1/4". 25" long chain.

  1900. USD

  "I read The Last Butterflies by Nick Haddad, and was inspired to create a piece with four endangered butterflies. I chose the Schaus Swallowtail, Taylor's Checkerspot, Warner Blue and Calliope Silverspot. One side spins, if desired."

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• Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Endangered (Side 1)

  2024
  Double Sided Pendant. Polymer clay, drawing by Cynthia Toops using micron pen & prismacolor pencil , sterling silver metalwork by Dan Adams, sterling silver chain.
  2 1/8" x 1" x 1/4". 25" long chain.

  1900. USD

  "I read The Last Butterflies by Nick Haddad, and was inspired to create a piece with four endangered butterflies. I chose the Schaus Swallowtail, Taylor's Checkerspot, Warner Blue and Calliope Silverspot. One side spins, if desired."

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  Trees

  2023
  Double sided necklace. Polymer clay micromosaics by Cynthia Toops, Sterling silver metalwork and most wood elements by Dan Adams, glass beads, paper, amber.
  20" l x 1/2" d. The largest bead is 1 1/2" w and the smallest bead is 3/4" w.

  15,140. USD

  "Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:
  A. What tree did this wood come from?
  B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?
  C. what products are made from the tree?"

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• Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Trees

  2023
  Double sided necklace. Polymer clay micromosaics by Cynthia Toops, Sterling silver metalwork and most wood elements by Dan Adams, glass beads, paper, amber.
  20" l x 1/2" d. The largest bead is 1 1/2" w and the smallest bead is 3/4" w.

  15,140. USD

  "Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:
  A. What tree did this wood come from?
  B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?
  C. what products are made from the tree?"

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• Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Trees

  2023
  Double sided necklace. Polymer clay micromosaics by Cynthia Toops, Sterling silver metalwork and most wood elements by Dan Adams, glass beads, paper, amber.
  20" l x 1/2" d. The largest bead is 1 1/2" w and the smallest bead is 3/4" w.

  15,140. USD

  "Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:
  A. What tree did this wood come from?
  B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?
  C. what products are made from the tree?"

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• Cynthia Toops & Dan Adams

  Trees

  2023
  Double sided necklace. Polymer clay micromosaics by Cynthia Toops, Sterling silver metalwork and most wood elements by Dan Adams, glass beads, paper, amber.
  20" l x 1/2" d. The largest bead is 1 1/2" w and the smallest bead is 3/4" w.

  15,140. USD

  "Trees is the first piece we worked on. Each beads is associated with a particular tree. On one side is either a slice of wood or a product made rom the tree. On the reverse side is an animal that nests or feeds (bark, berries, fruit, leaves) on the tree. It was a fun project, but required a lot of research. We found ourselves asking questions like:
  A. What tree did this wood come from?
  B. What animals are associated with the tree or its environs?
  C. what products are made from the tree?"

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  Hero

  2023
  Pendant. Polymer clay micromosaic by Cynthia Toops, Sterling silver work by Chuck Domitrovich, Wood Cross and sterling silver tree by Dan Adams.
  4" h x 2 3/8" w x 1/4" d

  2,580. USD

  When I got the bezel from Chuck Domitrovich, I immediately thought of a hero or guardian figure of the woods. The obvious decision was the woodland firefighter. Firefighter stations sport different badges - all Maltese crosses but with different emblems in the center. I chose woodland firefighting tools: spade and axe.
  The orange represents fire and the grey is for smoke. We used purple heartwood for the Maltese cross to symbolize heroism.

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  Shelter

  2023
  Pendant. Polymer clay micromosaic by Cynthia Toops, sterling silver metalwork by Juan Reyes, and wood by Dan Adams.
  4 5/8" h x 2 3/8" w x 1/4" d

  1,914. USD

  "When I received the tree-shaped bezel from Juan Reyes, I was stumped (pun intended). I did not want to ask Dan to make wood for the tree trunk. The solution was using wood for the branches instead."

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  The Gathering

  2023
  Pendant. Polymer clay micromosaic by Cynthia Toops, Sterling silver and brass metalwork and carved maple by Dan Adams.
  2 1/2" h x 2 1/4" w x 1/4" d

  1,670. USD

  "For The Gathering, Dan carved the wood and did the metalwork first and I made the mosaic in response to his "bird". I imagined a gathering of elders from different species, discussing and working together to solve problems in the community."

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  Furrball

  2023
  Brooch. Polymer clay micromosaics by Cynthia Toops. Sterling silver metalwork by Juan Reyes.
  1 5/8" h x 2" w x 1/8" d

  760. USD

  "I imagined finding a bunny instead of a squash in the vegetable garden. The rabbit is pretending to be innocent."

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  Luna

  2023
  Pendant. Polymer clay micromosaics by Cynthia Toops, Carved maple and Sterling silver and brass work by Dan Adams.
  2 3/8" h x 2 3/4" w x 1/4" d

  1,570. USD

  "Dan carved the wood - a partial face and created the silver & brass bezel. My micromosaic of the other half of the face was inspired by Dan's wood carving & finishing, and the wood carvings of the indigenous peoples of the northwest. "

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  Spirit

  2023
  Brooch. Polymer clay micromosaic by Cynthia Toops, silver work by Nancy Bonnema, plywood elements by Dan Adams. Hand fabricated.
  3" h x 2 1/2" w x 1/8" d

  1,800. USD

  "Spirit was created to honor our gardening friends. They spend weekends, day in, day out, tending to their plots, watering, weeding, pruning, planting flowers, seeds and (hopefully) picking fruits, vegetables and sharing the harvest."

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  2022 Brooch/Pendant. Polymer clay micromosaic inlay, hand-fabricated sterling silver metalwork by Nancy Bonnema. 4.25" x 2.25" x 1/8" d

  2022
  Brooch/Pendant. Polymer clay micromosaic inlay, hand-fabricated sterling silver metalwork by Nancy Bonnema.
  4.25" x 2.25" x 1/8" d

  2100. USD

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  Flower Child

  Brooch/Pendant. Polymer clay Micromosaic in a sterling silver bezel. Metal work by Nancy Bonnema.
  2.8"x 2.3" .25"

  2,650. USD

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  Mesmerized

  Brooch. Polymer clay micromosaic brooch. Sterling silver bezel.

  2380. USD

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  M Necklace

  2018
  Two-sided necklace. Polymer clay mosaic inlay by Cynthia Toops, sterling silver, flame worked glass beads by Dan Adams.
  23.5" x 1.25"

  3,800. USD

  This necklace is made up of beads, each representing things that begin with the letter "M", such as: marble, Murano glass, micro mosaic, masks, maize, monkey, magic, millefiori, metal, mermaid, mango wood, monopoly, mahjong, maximal/minimal, monarch, moth, moccasins, mules, maze, mokumegane.

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  M Necklace

  2018
  Two-sided necklace. Polymer clay mosaic inlay by Cynthia Toops, sterling silver, flame worked glass beads by Dan Adams.
  23.5" x 1.25"

  3,800. USD

  This necklace is made up of beads, each representing things that begin with the letter "M", such as: marble, Murano glass, micro mosaic, masks, maize, monkey, magic, millefiori, metal, mermaid, mango wood, monopoly, mahjong, maximal/minimal, monarch, moth, moccasins, mules, maze, mokumegane.

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  Sampler Necklace

  Neckpiece. Polymer clay, polymer clay micro mosaics, sterling silver, and blown glass beads.
  36” Long.

  3,500. USD

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  Sketch Necklace

  Neckpiece. Polymer clay carved beads, mosaic inlay, mokume gane (木目金), glass beads by Dan Adams, sterling silver bezels and clasps.
  23" l x 1" d

  3,200. USD

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  Sketch Necklace

  Neckpiece. Polymer clay carved beads, mosaic inlay, mokume gane (木目金), glass beads by Dan Adams, sterling silver bezels and clasps.
  23" l x 1" d

  3,200. USD

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  Mood Ring

  2019
  Ring. Polymer clay micromosaic by Cynthia Toops. Sterling silver bezel by Chuck Domitrovich.
  Size 8

  1800. USD

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  Mood Ring

  2019
  Ring. Polymer clay micromosaic by Cynthia Toops. Sterling silver bezel by Chuck Domitrovich.
  Size 8

  1800. USD

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  M

  Brooch. Polymer clay micromosaic brooch. Sterling silver bezel. (images include: Minotaur, man, magpie, mouse, moth, millefiore)

  1,980. USD

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  Moss Necklace

  Polymer clay, micromosaic inlay beads, sterling silver.

  1,600. USD

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  Moss Necklace

  Polymer clay, micromosaic inlay beads, sterling silver.

  1,600. USD

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  Morning Walk

  Scratchboard Drawing (black/white)
  3 1/4" x 3 1/4" drawing in white 8"x 8" mat.

  450. USD

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  A Bright Day

  Scratchboard Drawing (black/metal)
  4" x 4" drawing in white 8"x 8" mat.

  450. USD

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  Flower Power

  Scratchboard drawing.
  approximately 3.5″ x 3.5″

  450. USD

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Cynthia Toops and Dan Adams have been collaborating since 1986, inspired by The History of Beads by Lois Dubin.  In 1990, after attending glass classes at Pratt Center in Seattle, Adams  specialized in fabricating glass beads while Toops focused on the potential of Polymer Clay.

Cynthia Toops received her BA in Biology from Drake University, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1979. She studied Printmaking at the University of Washington in Seattle, graduating with a BFA in 1983. Throughout her career, Toops has experimented with many different techniques in polymer clay, from inlay and onlay to micromosaics. The versatility of the material allows Toops to borrow from ancient techniques resulting in works that combine both the modern and traditional.

Dan Adams works full time in a hospital laboratory and creates his wonderful glass beads at night and on weekends. Having received his BA in Anthropology in 1988 from the University of Washington in Seattle, Adams is intrigued with the history of glass and the use of beads throughout many of the world’s cultures. He was orginally inspired by Chinese Warring States beads but since he has incorporated tribal pattern, contemporary design, and natural history into his beads.

Museum Collections
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Japan
Mingei International Museum, CA
Museum of Arts and Design, NY
Museum of Contemporary Craft, OR
Museum of Fine Art Boston, MA
Newark Museum of Art, NJ
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Racine Art Museum, WI
Tacoma Art Museum, WA

 

Toops and Adams have been exhibiting their work at Mobilia Gallery since 1995.