Clare Crespo

Clare collaborated with ceramicist Heather Levine on a series of pieces celebrating nature’s nighttime pollinators. Clare finds a helpful lesson in the actions of moths and bats searching out night-blooming flowers and light sources. Observing their

unsung pollinators

Clare designed a life-sized giraffe for Studio Shamshiri for Irene Neuwirth’s store in New York City. She imagined the beast was a goddess of creation: from deep inside her pure heart sprouted flowers, birds, vines, snails, butterflies, four-leaf cl

irene neuwirth store, nyc

Clare designed a set of porcelain plates that ceramicist Heather Levine produced. Inspired by Delft designs and southern wedding registries, Clare painted four different designs. The paintings explore tigers, stripes, delicate edible plants, and end

tiger plates and napkins

Clare wrote, created, and performed in a crazy and original kids’ cooking show. The first three episodes were magically shot in her garage. They were sold in DVD form on the internet as well as MOCA, The New Museum, and BookMarc, to name a few spots

yummyfun kooking show

entireworld mascot

irene neuwirth, capitol store

The Maison de la Luz is a very special new luxury hotel in New Orleans. Clare was commissioned to contribute to its beautiful interior, designed by Studio Shamshiri. She conceptualized and created an altar piece in the center of the lobby featuring

maison de la luz

Once upon a time, Entireworld collaborated with Design Within Reach on Dome Life, a Geodesic Dome pop-up shop in DWR’s flagship store in Manhattan. Clare was commissioned to make a 60’s / 70’s era miniature dome along with its interiors. She imagi

entireworld, dwr pop-up

Clare conceptualized the website for Irene Neuwirth Jewelry. She wrote five fairy tales featuring five different jewelry collections and then illustrated these stories with couture creations. Complex character design and animation made the world com

irene neuwirth website

Commune Design hired Clare to make a diorama in the lobby of their Palm Springs hotel. She created a magical desert scene to salute the hotel’s surroundings with the flora and fauna of the region. The scene is a bit fantasized, of course. The bejewe

ace hotel, palm springs

The Ace Hotel group asked Clare to help them conceptualize and create a holiday campaign for their social media and email marketing. Their slogan was: “Honey, I Shrunk the Ace!” and Clare joyfully miniaturized Ace Hotel interiors, environments, and

mini holiday at ace dtla

The Hurray Today calendar is a celebration of the seasons and brings joy to the walls of homes all year long. Clare does a set of twelve large drawings of food with a common theme and prints them on beautiful paper with hand written typography (no

hurray today calendar

Clare was hired by Pamela Shamshiri and Commune Design to create a large scale permanent diorama in Irene Neuwirth’s LA flagship store on Melrose Place. A lush tropical fantasy of couture-exotic birds and plants made of luxe materials display Irene’

irene neuwirth store

Clare started crocheting food back in 1999 when she had a one person show at George’s Gallery (an annex of XLarge) in Los Angeles. Years later, she presented a crocheted Mardi Gras feast at Heath Ceramics showroom in Los Angeles. The show was quite

crocheted food at heath ceramics

Clare conceptualized and curated The Mini Show at The Lodge Gallery in Hollywood. Every detail was included down to the dry leaves and trash outside the door on Western Avenue. The Mini Show was an exact miniature of the gallery space with tiny

the mini show at the lodge

Hey There, Cupcake! came out in Melcher Media’s first catalogue. That’s right, before the cupcake craze. This book inspired many folks and produced a lot of smiles. The Secret Life of Food was published by Hyperion Books’ adult and kids catalogu

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