Our studio is located in Central Texas just outside of Austin in the best small town known for it's love of Hippos! - Hutto, Texas.
Contemporary, Modern Family Sculptures, Traditional Anniversary Gifts and Personalized Family Christmas Ornaments.
There is nothing more special than the love between a mother and her child. This unique new mom Christmas ornament is a wonderful way to show the new mother in your life that you know how special the bond is between her and her new baby. It makes a great new mommy gift whether it's for a baby shower, Mother's Day, a birthday, an anniversary or Christmas.
HOW I MADE IT: I sculpted the original design out of clay. Then I made a mold of the original sculptured ornament. Finally, I cold cast the bronze, aluminum or copper and finished it with a metal coating. The ornament is cold-cast bronze, copper or aluminum depending on the finish you choose. I use real bronze, copper or aluminum metal powder mixed with resin to create the ornament casting. I finish the ornament with a bronze, copper or aluminum metal coating that also has ground bronze, copper or aluminum metal suspended in an acrylic binder. The ornament most definitely has real bronze, copper or aluminum in it. Because it is cold-casted, the ornament is lighter than a solid metal piece which makes it ideal for hanging on a tree.
If you would like to add some personalized texted to be added on the ornament, please note it may extend the processing time I need to create your ornament because I custom make each stamped by hand using a photo polymer process.
ABOUT MY DESIGNS: I create Family Christmas Ornaments, Anniversary Plaques and Sculptures all inspired by life, love, and mostly family! One key feature of my family designs is all the figures are connected and become one. I was greatly inspired by the idea of when a couple gets married, two become one. When I began to add children to my designs I continued the theme of connectedness by creating the children around the parents all emerging together.
Please feel free to browse the rest of my work. I have Christmas ornaments available with dads and kids as well as both parents. I also create sculptures that are inspired by my ornament designs.
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Our mission is to create sculptures that you connect with and will always remind you of a special time in you and your family's life.
Elizabeth Bonura
Sculptor
My artwork is inspired by life, love, and above all, family. After getting engaged, I was greatly inspired by the idea that when a couple gets married two become one. This comes to life as the figures I sculpt are formed into a connected image. Once I became a mother, I began to add children to my artwork. This theme of connectedness continues by creating the children around the parents all emerging together.
My original designs are sculpted out of clay. I then make a mold of the clay sculpture. Depending on the size of the sculpture, it will be cold-cast with bronze, aluminum, or copper ("Cold-Casting" is the process of mixing metal powder with a resin to create castings that give the appearance of solid metal) or cast in cement and painted with a bronze metal coating (ground bronze metal suspended in an acrylic binder). Finally, the sculpture is finished by polishing and waxing by hand. This intense finishing process reveals the metal’s shine and highlights the details.
I began sculpting professionally over 20 years ago. In the early 2000s I became famous for my polymer clay portrait sculptures and wedding cake toppers. The five-foot life-size "bride’s cake" (where the polymer-clay-sculpted head and shoulders emerged from a six tiered cake) brought me international acclaim! My work has appeared on CNN, Inside Edition, countless news stories and in Inside Weekly Magazine. I have appeared on HGTV's That's Clever!, and my art dolls have been published in several national magazines. Currently, I have sculptures on display in the Georgetown Sculpture Tour, the Cedar Park Sculpture Garden and in the Bee Cave Sculpture Park.
Our studio is located in Central Texas just outside of Austin in the best small town known for it's love of Hippos! - Hutto, Texas.