Starry Toad Jibbitz by Candice Benton

Candice Benton
Starry Toad Jibbitz, 2025
Polymer clay, acrylic paint, embroidery beads, faux leather

About Candice

Candice is a Philadelphia based emerging artist and entrepreneur. After developing a passion for crafting at an early age. She decided to pursue art as her career path, leading Candice to earning her bachelor’s degree in fine arts at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Candice creates multi-media wearable pieces that focus on themes of fantasy and nostalgia, bringing light to difficult subject matter such as loss, mental wellness, and trauma. Although jewelry is her primary creative focus, she enjoys adding elements of sculpture and fibers into her statement pieces, challenging herself to push her own boundaries of creativity.

Candice has been a part of multiple group exhibitions such as Dream Machine, Urban Glass New York Jewelry week (2024), Born in Fire the Touchstone Center for Crafts(2025), Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery New York Jewelry Week (2025) and has also had work on display in Philadelphia based galleries such as the Clay studio, Luster Gallery/studio, and InLiquid Gallery.