Summer Idyll by Cynthia Toops and Dan Adams

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Dan Adams, Cynthia Toops

Cynthia Toops' brilliant technical skills are evident as she reinvents and transforms the potential of micro mosaic inlay. The artist mixes polymer clay like paint,  creating limitless hues of colour. She then rolls the polymer into threads, slicing and minutely forming tile beads to inlay. Cynthia's process is unique and distinctive, and her intricate micro mosaic polymer clay brooches, beads, and necklaces become
miniature marvels.

Often collaborating with her husband, Dan Adams, she combines her masterful, micro mosaic skills with Adam’s multi-patterned, lamp-worked glass beads.
The artists' work can be found in various public collections including 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; and Tacoma Art Museum, WA.

Opening hours: 
Thursday and Friday: 11:30 - 5:00 h. Saturday: 11:00 - 4:00 h.
Possible by appointment.