Hallmark Ornaments by Mike Dirham

Mike Dirham approached the Keepsake format as a compact stage, using sculpted detail to establish character and occasion. With 12 distinct designs currently identified from 2003 through 2006, the record links Mike Dirham particularly closely with Peanuts and Club Ornaments. Each assignment required its own solution for silhouette, scale, and the details collectors use to recognize a favorite subject.

Peanuts provides one of the clearest ways to follow the work; Club Ornaments highlights a different side of the portfolio; Ornaments such as 2003 Sweet for Tweety, Miniature, 2004 Peanuts Games, Set of 4 Ornaments, and 2005 Peanuts Christmas Pageant, Magic, Club mark useful points in the chronology. That combination of continuity and variety is the reason collectors can recognize a career rather than merely a sequence of products.