{"product_id":"strawberry-cow-ceramic-little-guy-by-cindy-pacileo","title":"Strawberry Cow Ceramic \"Little Guy\" by Cindy Pacileo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis adorable ceramic figurine is hand made by Cindy Pacileo of Vilas, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasures approximately 1.5\" tall\/long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause this item is handmade, it will vary slightly from the image shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach Little Guy has a personality of it's own—sweet, playful, sassy or sometimes a bit silly. Just what you need to keep you company all day long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCindy makes each Little Guy from a small bit of clay. She shapes one animal at a time in her hands, then draws its little smile and paints on its happy colors just for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you wonder how I come up with so many whimsical animal personalities, you have only to peek into my childhood or look outside my studio windows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI've loved the outdoors all my life. I grew up in the creative confusion of a large, artistic family in Dayton, Ohio. Our family went for long walks every week where my dad taught me to love the shapes and colors of the woods and to watch the squirrels dancing through the treetops. He and I were drawing animals together by the time I was three.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI went on to major in art at Mount Saint Joseph University just outside of Cincinnati. I fell in love with pen and ink drawing, a love which has never left me. I was especially fascinated with the textured patterns I could create in my drawings. This love of texture shows up strongly in my clay work, where I use seashells, lace and seed pods to texture details like owl eyes, llama fur and bird wings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI began sculpting large and small animals in clay in 1972 while I was the director of “The Station,” a community art center in Loveland, Ohio. I was teaching children to pinch animals in clay and became so fascinated with the process that I began to consider a career as an animal artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 1975 my sculpting career was becoming established in the Cincinnati area, but I wanted a life closer to nature and animals. My husband Joe and I moved to a small farming valley in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains near Boone, North Carolina. There we raised our daughter and began to craft a business.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon after this move, I expanded my line of miniature animal sculptures to meet the growing demand of the collectors who visit our mountains each year. As the word spread, Little Guys found their way into fine gift shops and craft galleries all across the USA. I still pinch the personality into each one myself and hand draw each little smile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more of Cindy's work\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shopotlag.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=cindy+pacileo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Guys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54671005614371,"sku":"D-22688 G-26969 2026-Strawberry Cow","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3349\/0791\/files\/StrawberryCow2026cr1000x1000_DZ_1.jpg?v=1769017133","url":"https:\/\/shopotlag.com\/products\/strawberry-cow-ceramic-little-guy-by-cindy-pacileo","provider":"Outside the Lines Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}