Hallmark Ornaments by Peter Dutkin

The designs credited to Peter Dutkin show how much personality can be conveyed through a figure only a few inches tall. Current records credit Peter Dutkin with 37 distinct ornaments across 1983 through 1993. Work associated with Club Ornaments and Limited Edition gives that output a clear collecting context rather than presenting it as a simple list of individual releases.

Club Ornaments provides one of the clearest ways to follow the work; Limited Edition highlights a different side of the portfolio; Ornaments such as 1983 Cinnamon Bear #1, 1986 Touchdown Santa, and 1989 Old-World Gnome mark useful points in the chronology. Placed together, these ornaments form a useful visual record of how Peter Dutkin interpreted both annual traditions and changing popular culture.