Colorful Clay Characters Arranged Into Charming Motley Crews

A cou­ple of weeks ago, I shared the work of Tui­ja Heikki­nen, an artist who cre­ates small cro­chet pieces and arranges them like a col­lage. The results are charm­ing com­po­si­tions that tell sto­ries. Ingela Arrhe­nius is an illus­tra­tor who oper­ates in much the same way. She pro­duces flat­tened clay fig­ures that are paint­ed with acrylics. After they’re dry, she assem­bles them into col­or­ful crowds.

Ingela is inspired by Mid-cen­tu­ry design and infus­es its col­ors and bold shapes into her illus­tra­tion. She does a great job at giv­ing each of her fig­ures a sense of per­son­al­i­ty, from the clothes they wear to their facial hair. See­ing her work in progress makes me want to grab my Sculpey from retire­ment and make my own mot­ley crew. (And you could, too!)

Illustrator Ingela Arrhenius creates colorful clay figures brimming with personality and arranges them into colorful crowds.