It’s all about creating bold, colourful, and fun jewellery made in small batches, which gives every piece its own identity.
Back in 2018, Nicole came across a pair of polymer clay earrings while attending a scrolling session on Pinterest. Taken back to a sweet memory to when she had first experimented with the medium, it reignited the flame within Nicole.
At first, it started as a hobby but eventually with the persistence of her friends and family, she launched One Yellow Melon.
What is One Yellow Melon all about?
Starting a new business was a new chapter for Nicole, but over time she learnt how to manage things. Researching about the medium and reaching out to a few clay communities gave her the knowledge needed to improve the quality of her products. A skill she expanded on is sanding- it is vital to her pieces, as it gives the polymer clay a smooth and clean finish. Nicole suggests using sandpaper as a buffing tool, there are a number of methods out there, you just have to see what works best for you.
The Creative Process
Polymer clay is a versatile material. This means that multiple techniques can be adopted when working with it. Nicole uses a different technique with each batch of clay she makes! Her favourite technique, however is marbling.
It is a long but simple process that reaps some pretty ethereal results:
- Step 1: Pick out the preferred colours and cut them into small pieces
- Step 2: Squash them together to create a coil.
- Step 3: Slice the cross-section of the coil and place each piece onto a slab and roll it.
- Step 4: Cut out hand-crafted styles and bake them in the oven.
- Step 5: Remove pieces from the oven. Wait for them to cool and harden.
- Step 6: Sand down the pieces, apply resin, drill, and assemble.
How to get your hands on One Yellow Melon’s hand-crafted goodies…
She’s selling her pieces through Etsy or through social media. Other than that you can catch her at an occasional artisan market around the island!
Last year One Yellow Melon took part in a pop-up shop- Desko, Valletta and she has also recently collaborated with Lara Vella, a fine art artist/graduate, in which Lara painted on the polymer clay and she turned them into earrings. The collection was called ‘Cosmic Dreams’ where it featured a variety of earrings shaped from moons to stars!
Keep your (third) eye out for some of her upcoming projects by following her socials!