ABOUT POM 365
In 2022, I challenged myself to create a new piece of pom pom art every day for one year. 365 consecutive days of Poms.
I make one new Pom creature every single day, with each one based on a person, place, animal, object, concept or feeling. Every Pom gets a name, character, and a story that includes historical and fun facts.
I really love the creative writing aspect of this project. As an attorney, I’ve been writing legal briefs for years, so switching gears for an hour each day has been refreshing.
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With each Pom I create, I research how that particular person, place, animal, object, concept or feeling came to be in the world, and then transfer that into the Pom Universe.
© 2023 Behold The Pom
ABOUT THE POM UNIVERSE
© 2023 Behold The Pom
In the Pom Universe, pepperoni is Pomperoni. An anchovy becomes Pomchovy – not to be confused with musician Pom Jovi.
So far, the Pom Universe includes superheroes, entertainers, artists, inventors, philosophers, athletes, animals, monsters, mountains, planets, games, food, a fireworks Pom, a meditation Pom, and a solar-powered Pom.
There’s also a series of micro Poms – teeny tiny poms all based on real-life tycoons and powerful public figures.
Plus original characters like Leopold, an extreme sports sheep who has a whole line of sweaters he sells at J Crew.
And unsung heroes like Kurt the Pomtrician, who makes sure the red & green wires don’t touch, and of course, Marge from Accounting.
ABOUT ME
THE POM PILOT
I am a Los Angeles artist (and attorney) whose murals, toy portraits, bejeweled hummingbird paintings, and Ed The Chicken series have been displayed in art shows, shops, homes, offices, and pottery studios.
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Pom 365 is my year-long project challenging myself to create a new character each day using small cotton pom poms. And sparkles. Lots of sparkles.
© 2023 Behold The Pom
ABOUT MY PROCESS
I never know what I’m going to make until I sit down that day.
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I am often driven by the thought, What is needed to create a world or a universe? Time, mountains, volcanoes, people who deliver packages, animals, colorful people, inventors, innovators, feelings, and even some darker things because you can’t appreciate the good without the bad – contrast is important.
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My materials include pom poms, googly eyes, jewels, pipe cleaners, glitter foam, iridescent paper, sheets of rhinestones, metallic tape, sequins, and glue. I have six baskets of materials to make these tiny characters that basically fit inside egg cartons. I keep an extra set of the basics: poms, glue, scissors, eyeballs, and foam at my boyfriend’s.
