RECYCLED PICKLEBALL ART
JOURNEY FROM GARDEN TO OCEAN COLLECTION
April 2023 thru March 2024
APRIL 27, 2023: Liz meeting with Patricia. She brought her 2019 Pickleball Art Prototype samples I made for her. These samples held up for 4 years. She convinced me to restart Pickleball Art production.
APRIL 27, 2023:
Patricia (Coach Pickleball Patricia) reached out April 2023 to let me know the Pickleball Art I created back in 2019 still look good and stable lasting 4yrs.
She encouraged me to start making pickleball art again stating that there is No pickleball art or gifts out there similar to what I produced back in 2019. She was very convincing that I must make and sell them to the public.
MAY THRU JUNE 2023:
I spent the months of May and June of 2023 recreating and capture my prototype art sculptures of butterflies, dragonflies, flower bowls , and ladybugs.
May 18th: I prototype a new subject on a stand, ladybug on leaves.
While Reigniting the 2019 Garden collection, I was inspired to create an Ocean Collection.
I started prototyping Ocean theme subjects:
May 27th: Manta Ray and Jellyfish
Flower Bowls: 5 Petals & (New) 6 Petals
July 26th: 6 petal Flower bowl
July 28th: Sea Turtle
August 1st: Starfish
August 2nd: Seahorse
Ladybug On Leaves (New Pickleball Art on Stand)
AUGUST THRU OCTOBER 2023:
August 11th thru Oct 7th: Ocean collection on hold due to VISIONS OF THE WILD: Environmental Hero’s
8th Annual Art and Film Festival. Creating Art sculpture that represents Ron Findley as an Environmental Hero. Blending my skills of Recycled Pickleball Art and Museum Modelmaking to create this “Parkway Demonstration Garden”.
OCTOBER 2023 thru FEBRUARY 2024
Robin Gross, from VOW Art Exhibit & Festival, has been collecting used recycled Pickleball from the Vallejo pickleball Club & community.
I am grateful for the many times I have received Recycled Pickleball from the Vallejo Pickleball Community.
February 2024: Generous collection of recycled pickle balls from Robin Gross and the Vallejo Pickleball Club Community.
October 12: Visions Of The Wild event . Open Ceremonies . Liz and Robin Gross
October 13: Visions Of The Wild event . Art Exhibition. Robin Gross with Liz and son Dante Maffeo
Oct 8th -Oct 21st:
Resume prototyping production of Ocean collection and create more inventory for Garden collection
In progress creating 6 colorful starfishes
In progress creating Free standing and On Stand Jellyfishes
Oct 21st thru Nov 30th:
Ocean collection back on hold to fill custom orders for Mini ukulele models.
Nov 12th:
Robin Gross refers me to Damon Walker who is part of the Walnut Creek pickleball Club and community.
DECEMBER 2023:
HOLD ON ALL ART FABRICATION……Family trips, holiday, and health issues pauses any further momentum on creating.
Dec 31, 2023:
Resume on creating Pickleball Art Ocean and Garden Collection.
Starting and stopping this project between travel and events in January .
Dec 31st: In Progress: Butterflies, Blue and Orange dragonflies
Dec 31st: In Progress: Butterflies, Blue and Orange dragonflies
2024
January 2024:
Resume production late January.
In Progress on Prototyping and creating small inventory of the Ocean Collection. Creating inventory for Garden Collection.
January 31,2024: Continuing working on sea turtle of the Ocean Collection.
January 28, 2024: Continuing working on ALL creatures of the Ocean Collection.
January 22, 2024: Continuing working on ALL creatures of the Ocean Collection.
February 2024:
In Progress on Prototyping and creating small inventory of the Ocean Collection. Creating inventory for Garden Collection.
Feb 8th reconnecting with the Walnut Creek Pickleball Club representatives.
March 7th Dee Morris from WCPC visited to see Pickleball Art in person and dropped off 557 used pickleballs from their clubs from Walnut Creek, Lafayette, and Martinez courts.
March 10th I count and separate by colors the donated pickle balls. Send Dee a big thank you with photos of the organized balls with accurate count labeled on each bag.
March 7th Dee drops off bags of recycled pickle balls
March 10 Liz organizes the donation bags.Counts and separates by color.
March 4th Started working on a new RAW Collection of the Garden items.
Robin Gross suggested that some Pickleball players might like the Pickleball Art in its true ball color.
Since I was near done with the Ocean collection and started making RAW in the Jellyfish and Seahorse, I quickly jump to create the RAW Dragonfly, Butterfly, Flower bowl, and Ladybug characters.
It would also be the most inexpensive option item in my Pickleball Art Collections.
March 4th In Progress of making the RAW collection of the Garden items.
March 4th -March 10th Finishing up the last creature of the Ocean Collection, The Seahorse.
March 18th
Completed Garden RAW Collection.
6 ladybugs, 3 Flower bowls, 3 Dragonflies, and 3 Butterflies.
March 18: Finished RAW Garden Collection before signing each piece
March 18: Finished RAW Garden Collection before signing each piece
March 18: Finished RAW Garden Collection before signing each piece
March 31th:
EASTER SUNDAY
Around the Post , the Walnut Creek Pickleball newsletter, posted an article on page 6 about my pickleball art. This newsletter will go out to their 600 members.
9 page newsletter went out 3/31/2024 Easter Sunday. My article “Pickleball Art By Elizabeth Koval Maffeo” is on page 6.
My Article “Pickleball Art by Elizabeth Koval Maffeo” on Page 6