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    Sculpture IS: 2020

    The one art event of the covid season that you can actually attend in person (with social distancing and a mask of course!) is PVAC’s Sculpture IS: 2020 at Sierra Azul Gardens in Watsonville. The exhibit opens July 1st and the garden will be filled with sculptures and is a wonderful place to stretch your legs as you cruise through the gardens.

    relic series | objects | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

    There will not be an opening reception this year for obvious reasons, but you can explore the show during normal business hours for Sierra Azul Nursery from July 1st – October 31st. I have 5 pieces from my Relic Series installed; they are ceramic rings tied with sinew and attached to slate bases. There are also just a few pieces from the Umbel Series hidden in the garden as well. Hope that you get a chance to check out my favorite show of the year!

    new bespoke installation

    I’m thrilled to share these snapshots of my newest Bone Series Installation for a private home. The entire home is beautifully custom designed and houses a huge collection of local artists work, I’m honored to have my work included in their collection.

    The owners of this piece have been contemplating it for years before finally deciding to go for it. I think all their planning shows in how well it melts into the space, as if it’s always been there. It was designed to give multiple views as you approach the front of the house, or leave from the front door and also through the front windows while sipping tea from their kitchen table. It will be interesting to see how the morning light hits it, where the shadows will fall and how it will change through the seasons.

    If you’ve been thinking about a custom installation for your home or garden, please contact me to start making it happen!

    art + science workshop in taiwan

    In the final weeks of my residency in Taiwan, the Yingge Ceramics Museum arranged for me to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the mycelium labs at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Taichung – which was fascinating! In exchange, I gave a clay workshops for the staff of the science museum. The participants were staff and volunteers, most of whom had never played with clay, but who love science and nature.

    • art + science workshop in taiwan | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture
    • art + science workshop in taiwan | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture
    • art + science workshop in taiwan | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

    We created small bowls that they carved into to create natural patterns and designs. All of the bowls were fired and glazed at the ceramics museum and then returned to the science museum. They just sent me photos of the all the bowls installed in their gorgeous greenhouse in a beautiful display of our ART + SCIENCE collaboration.

    I’m so thrilled to see how thoughtfully they assembled these pieces into the landscape of their greenhouse. It was a wonderful experience to form this connection between the two museums and I’m grateful to them both for their willingness to accommodate my request to make this cultural exchange happen.

    in the shop

    Collaborative Trinket Necklaces | shop | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

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    Art + Computer Science

    So many of you have complimented my website over the years and I can not take responsibility for it’s beauty and functionality, I owe that to Priscilla Cinque’s amazing talents. Her artful eye and incredible attention to detail has made mine and many others websites simply shine. And when something breaks (usually me touching something I shouldn’t of!), she’s the first one I contact to patiently help me fix it – seriously don’t know what I’d do without her!

    So, when she FINALLY made a website for her own creative endeavors, I knew I needed to share it with y’all!

    a sample from the ‘down to earth’ collection

    Please follow the link below to explore the (of course!) beautifully designed brand new site that showcases Priscilla’s botanical illustrations, photo realistic objects and painstaking line drawings. As I have no patience or talent for creating this kind of detail, I am always impressed when I see these pieces emerge from her home studio. I’m so happy to see her sharing her artwork with everyone now. Please enjoy…

    Priscilla Shih Cinque: meditations on form, color, light and shadow

    week six – ephemeral art installations

    This is the sixth and final (for now) week of ephemeral art installations in nature, which makes 30 installations in total! I’m sure that I’ll be making more of these in the future, but for now, we’ve decided to get back into our home base area of Santa Cruz so I can work on some commissioned pieces in the studio and we can check in with family and friends. I hope that you have enjoyed these pieces as I’ve been hiding out in our van in nature, it’s been really fun to make them!

    death valley, california
    death valley, california
    sequoia national forest, california
    sequoia national forest, california
    sequoia national forest, california

    Just a reminder, that I am not leaving any of these pieces out in nature. I’m not littering or impacting the environment, in fact all the above pieces were made with the same piece of clay I reclaimed each day. Hope you’re enjoying these fleeting installations and remember to pack your trash too!

    week five – ephemeral art installations

    well, I was off the grid and missed getting this post out to you all last week, but I was still busy being creative…

    enjoy!

    blm land, arizona
    blm land, arizona
    mojave national preserve, california
    mojave national preserve, california

    Just a reminder, that I am not leaving any of these pieces out in nature. I’m not littering or impacting the environment, in fact all the above pieces were made with the same piece of clay I reclaimed each day. Hope you’re enjoying these fleeting installations and remember to pack your trash too!

    week four – ephemeral art installations

    well, back to the obsession with rocks! enjoy!!

    Click the link to start from the beginning and understand what my thoughts are behind starting this project…

    tonto national forest, arizona
    tonto national forest, arizona
    coronado national forest, arizona
    coronado national forest, arizona
    coronado national forest, arizona

    Just a reminder, that I am not leaving any of these pieces out in nature. I’m not littering or impacting the environment, in fact all the above pieces were made with the same piece of clay I reclaimed each day. Hope you’re enjoying these fleeting installations and remember to pack your trash too!