Sunday, February 21, 2016

A New Chapter..

Hey Everybody. So I guess you could say I've been on hiatus. Louisiana has been a huge adjustment, and finding someplace to work has been really difficult. But I have been working again recently. A few months ago I started renting space at LSU's community outreach studio. It wasn't bad I guess, but it was very constrictive. Their clay, their glaze, them firing... I found myself getting frustrated more often than not.
So we came up with a new plan.
A friend of a friend gave me the opportunity to hook up my old manual kiln I purchased a few years ago. So this past Christmas when we went home to Ohio we brought my kiln back to Louisiana with us. It is now hooked up and we are planning to fire it for the first time next week. I'm pretty excited about it. So here's a few in-progress pics.



 




Friday, January 3, 2014

Big Doings!

Hey everyone!  So as far as bloggers go, I've been slacking quite a bit. lol. But in my defense, I've had some big going-ons lately. I am officially no longer a resident of our dear Cincinnati, but am now living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana! Wha?! I know, right? But that's whats been happening. So, I will be posting again as soon as I get some projects up and running, but until then wish me luck on applying to some galleries down here in the bayou... :)


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Upcycling is so much fun!

Working on this adorable little footstool. Isnt it so cute?! Almost finished, just needs a few finishing touches. It has a removable top so it can be used for storage too!



Friday, July 26, 2013

Letting you in on a little secret...

Okay everybody, I have a confession to make.

I have been a closeted interior designer for months now.

I was worrying about distracting from my ceramic sculpture work but I cant contain it any longer... Lol. Here's my Pinterest link for now. Maybe if you all are good I will share the room specific designs I've been doing... Stay tuned!

http://pinterest.com/JennBeresford/design-loves/
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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Art Comes Alive Show

Guess who got the Fine Craft Artist of the Year award at the Art Comes Alive show? That's right, moi. Hear's some pics. :D



Thursday, June 6, 2013

Getting my craft on. :)


Hey everybody! So you've probably noticed I havn't been posting much lately. The reason for that is I am between studio spaces at the moment. So with the lack of an outlet for my artistic cravings Ive been attacking my apartment. I love to DIY things, especially small scale construction type projects. So I figured I would share what Ive been up to. This first pic is a storage solution. It was a really easy quick project and I think it looks great if I do say so myself. lol. So here's the before and after. :)

Horribly fugly, right?



And voila! Build a fabric room divider real quick and hide all my extra crap! lol. And since it's a classic black and white damask pattern it works with all my vintage furniture without being stuffy.




So boring and blah before. Add some creative arranging, art, and an antique headboard and its a hundred times better.


This is the living room as well. This my collage of stuff I've assembled on and around my biggest bookcase. I like to think of it as an art nerd montage...

I love doing stuff like this. Building and combining an unusual combination of things to make something layered and eye-catching and interesting. Next post will probably be me building a custom tufted headboard. Yay! :D

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Art Comes Alive Show

Hey everyone! I just found out I'm one of the artists receiving an award at the award ceremony on opening night! I'm so excited! This is the piece I'm receiving the award for. It will be displayed on one of my custom pedestals. The actual event is going to be super crowded and R.S.V.P. only, but they are having an open-house early peek preview on June 20th all day until 9pm so I would love to see everybody there!  https://www.facebook.com/artdesignconsultants/page_map