Jennifer Wells Design
I stumbled across the art studio of Jennifer Wells wandering around Last Thursday. Jennifer Wells is a glass artist who makes fused glass plates, platters, and bowls, beautiful sconces, and holiday ornaments. In this art studio, she teaches others how to make these decorative items, believing that it is healthy for everyone to have an artistic hobby.
Her upcoming class schedule:
11/3 Make a BIG Fused Glass Platter or Bowl- $110
11/8 Fused Glass Plate Making With the Ones You Love Most- $60
(Several Sessions, see website) Fused Glass Ornament Classes-$30
I totally agree with Jennifer. Having an artistic hobby, and perhaps more importantly, skill, allows a person to create tangible objects in a service industry world. People are far removed from the objects that they use and give to others as gifts. At work, we understand our input very well, we do it all day, but the output of the process is rather ethereal. Where does our work go everyday when we sit in front of a computer for 8 hours? When we buy items for our home, where do they come from? What did we do to make them come about? Take a class and bring home something that you had control over; you fashioned it from your own ideas.
1614 NE Alberta St.
(503) 750-4921
http://jenniferwellsdesign.com/
Thanks so much for writing such a lovely piece on my studio. What a treat!! Thanks again,
Jenny Wells
[...] I stopped in a place informally called βThe Art House,β in front of Jennifer Wells Design at 16th St. Each room of the house is like its own little gallery, featuring different artists every time. This Last Thursday, The Art House was having a holiday artwork sale for people like me looking for presents. For one of my aunts, I bought a plate of textured glass about the size of one and a half notecards. The artist had printed an old photo on the glass: a black and white image of a well-groomed man kissing the hand of a lady in white. Seen in the air, the plate of glass is hazy. When hung against a wall, the photograph is startlingly apparent. [...]