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A Year in Review

I’ll be taking the final weeks of the year off from writing blog posts as I let this year settle and start exciting plans for 2023 but I wanted to take the time to do a quick look back at all that has happened this year.

I participated in 6 exhibitions including one solo show and one show I co-created and co-curated. I created a large public art piece and have another in the works. I made ~literally~ thousands of porcelain pieces inspired by plankton and I still have a million ideas for more. And on a personal note, I swam dozens of miles this year in the open ocean, and hiked more miles than I could keep track of. Working hard, playing hard. I can’t wait to see what next year brings.

As a reminder, the online shop is always open so take a peek to find something special for yourself or your art loving friends and family. And once again, thank you for your support, it takes a village to raise an artist and I’m grateful that you are my village. Happy Happy, Merry Merry.

Featured Art: Books!

inspiration through exploration softcover | shop | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

Still need a gift?

My three art books, ‘A Relationship with Earth’, ‘Where Art & Nature Meet’ and ‘Inspiration through Exploration’ are available in the online shop and catalog my work from 2009 – 2022.

The latest book ‘Inspiration through Exploration’, is a 112 page, softcover catalog with full color photos of my installations and objects spanning from 2016-2021, including 30 days of ephemeral installations made during the initial quarantine.

Book Bundles are on SALE too! 3 books for only $60 or individually sold for $25 each.

Video: Keeping your art clean

A few people were worried about keeping their sculptures clean and were surprised to find out how I do it. This video shows two wet methods of cleaning your ceramics and I find them to be the most efficient. Either under the faucet at the sink or with the garden hose. Don’t worry ceramic is tough, it can handle it. Then set your pieces on a thick towel to air dry and your art will be sparkling again.

But if you want a dry method, I’d recommend a dry fluffy paintbrush as a great way to remove larger debris like leaves and cobwebs. Then hit them with some canned air to get all the dust off – easy peasy. Hope this helps keep your collection shining!

And the show must come down

After a successful 10 week run, this past Sunday we deinstalled Bodies of Water. Hours and hours of installation was deinstalled and packed up in just a few hours- always amazing to see how fast it all comes down. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see the show and especially to those that purchased pieces!

If you missed the show, please be sure to check out images of it here. Work from this show can still be purchased in the online shop.

Featured Art: In the Field Prints

A selection of prints from the In the Field ephemeral installations are available for sale. These are printed on aluminum and have a floating metal mount on the back for a clean and modern display. Perfect for the art + nature lover on your list!

Bodies of Water Exhibit | Shop | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

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Final Week for Bodies of Water

Bodies of Water | Installations | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

This is it! The show ends Dec 3rd!

This Art + Science based exhibit will sadly conclude this coming Saturday but there is still time to check it out! Best times to be up on the hill and get parking are Thursday evenings or Saturdays. Thank you to everyone who has made it up to see the show!

Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery | University of California Santa Cruz

September 20 – December 3, 2022

Gallery Hours: 12 – 5 Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat & 1:30 – 7 Thurs

A parking pass can be acquired from the kiosk at the Bay St. campus entrance or you can use the Parkmobile app.  Click here for a map.

To purchase work from this exhibit: SHOP HERE

Featured Art: Lichen Series Spore Patterns

This piece Spore Patterns from the Lichen Series originally debuted at the Grants Pass Museum of Art exhibit; ‘where art & nature meet’ as a site specific wall piece. Afterwards, all four hundred+ parts stayed in a box for a few years while I figured out what to do with them.

During this past years Open Studios event, this installation reemerged from the depths and onto the wall as an engaging, sometimes eye-tricking single piece. Your perception of the piece changes as you move around it and when the light moves, it plays with the sense of depth.

Inspired by shelf fungus forms, gill structures and dropping spore markings of mushrooms, this piece would be a statement in any room, and would make a striking display for a lobby or restaurant space. It is 48″ x 48″ x 3″, ceramic mounted on painted wood panel, hangs by metal cleats on the backside, $4000.

Due to shipping variations, this piece is not in the online shop, but is available for purchase and shipping as needed. Please contact me directly if you’re interested in this piece.

featured art: urchin holes

Bodies of Water Exhibit | Shop | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

Urchins Holes are hand built, perforated flanges of very thin, nearly translucent porcelain fused to a stoneware ring as it’s protector. Inspired by the sea urchins natural homes of holes in mudstone rocks visible at very low tides. The holes are actually formed by the urchins themselves, who bite away at the rock with their teeth and slowly sculpt their protected home around them.

Only 5 are available in the online shop and they make a perfect gift for the art + nature lover in your life!

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ArtAxis Fundraising Sale

Over 100 works donated by over 75 artists are now available on the Artaxis web shop and all sales support their mission, one of my Medusas is available too! The sale launches Tuesday November 15th at 11am (PST).

Artaxis is an all volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization that is guided by a simple principle – artists supporting artists. Featuring nearly 1000 artists from over 50 countries and all 50 States in the US, Artaxis engages the ceramics community through promotional, educational, and networking programs while celebrating diverse artistic practices and being a resource of aesthetic values.

SUPPORT ARTAXIS HERE

Last Water Droplet Available!

Bodies of Water Exhibit | Shop | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

Two of the three available Water Droplets have sold! Does anyone want to adopt the last in this series of work??

Inspired by viewing a drop of seawater under a microscope these porcelain plankton parts are trapped within multiple layers of clear resin. Each resin disc is set into a custom stoneware clay and copper holder that is mounted to the wall and lit with LED lighting.

600. | 8″ x 9″ x 5″ | ceramic, resin, copper, led lights | 2022

A portion of your purchase will be donated to the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery and California Ocean Alliance.

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