Hallmark Ornaments by Valerie Shanks

The designs credited to Valerie Shanks show how much personality can be conveyed through a figure only a few inches tall. Current records credit Valerie Shanks with 27 distinct ornaments across 2010 through 2017. Work associated with Star Trek, Football Legends, Barbie, Star Wars, and Limited Edition/Limited Qty 2011 gives that output a clear collecting context rather than presenting it as a simple list of individual releases.

Star Trek provides one of the clearest ways to follow the work; Football Legends highlights a different side of the portfolio; Ornaments such as 2010 I Think I Can, 2012 Home For the Holidays, and 2014 The Devil in the Dark, Star Trek, Magic mark useful points in the chronology. Placed together, these ornaments form a useful visual record of how Valerie Shanks interpreted both annual traditions and changing popular culture.