FIBER for April's announcement

Fiber

We are swaddled in it, we are buried in it wrapped like mummies or in the satin of a coffin.
Silk heals and hemp constructs.
It warms us and defines us by the clothe upon our back.
And what is rag paper that we have painted upon but the very thing we touch and come back to through generations.
Papyrus for the scholar and for the river banks
Histories have been woven into textiles long before the print and we express through fiber though it will decay with time.
From dust to dust...
yet in between our birth and death fiber allows for wonderful exploration of creativity in the nature surrounding us.



Studio 622 . a gallery . 622 Second St. Eureka . CA 95565  www.chiajenstudio.com

I will be exhibiting creations in fiber, of fiber and on top of fiber for the next year. My inspiration comes from landscapes and textures. Though not a realist, I see my process as closely identifying with the surface structures of all organic things and the natural beauty I wake up to everyday.
The work exhibited will be representing decades of work from textiles created for the fashion industry, interior design projects, sculptural exploration of fabrics, fine art works of mixed media and a bit of poetry.

opening STUDIO 622 an art gallery at 622 Second Street, Eureka, CA

The quiet studio in the redwoods affords me comfort and creative energy. And I have been working in my space since 1985 when we built it. I thrive on the solitude and yet find from time to time it is important to go out into the world to share with others. With this in mind I have decided to rent a gallery space in Old Town Eureka for one year. This will be a year of representing myself with a new show each month exhibiting different themes. I have been all over the map both in mediums used and physically. It all comes from one heart and mind, my own. And I thought it was time I make myself a bit more public and enjoy this beautiful community on the coast of northern California. Even in the setting up of this sweet space I have found good fun in walking along the sidewalks of Old Town and having so much available to me. You must remember I have been based in the marvelous and mysterious woods. So now this ease of walking out my new gallery door and into the quiet urban scene of Eureka is a delight. I think I have the best of both worlds and it should keep the fire light under my creative self for awhile.

Tonight will be my first show. I am starting with textiles as most people know me from that sensibility. I will be adding and subtracting to textiles with watercolors, collages, poetry, sculpture, etc. This is a creative and understated playhouse for me. I invite you to pop in tonight or any Thursday through Saturday from 12-6 pm. I will be firm on those hours beginning May 1st. I am always available by appointment and you are always welcome to set up an appointment to come out and see my artist retreat  in the redwoods.

Please send this on to anyone you think might like to stop in. I have not begun to advertise yet. This was all thrown together on a creative whim.

The best of spring to you!
Jennifer

STUDIO 622
contact:510-318-1351

Open Studio today and tomorrow 11-5

Good morning from the early morning June fog of Monument Road. In a few hours there will be some balloons on my mailbox should you be looking for the right country lane to turn into. I will have coffee and tea, wine and good clean water with lemon slices. A few little cookies to serve will be on the counter of the upstairs studio space.
I imagine this summer fog will be gone by 11 a.m. when the studio door opens. At which time I might be stitching on a few little 8"x8" pillows of silk or linen to offer some low priced items. Or perhaps I will be making scarves until someone ventures into these lovely redwoods and pops in the studio door.

You can park down by my residence which is an octagonal home my husband and I built in the early 80's. The when walking back to the studio, before climbing the exterior circular stairwell that is showing signs of rot, you will have passed the new wood shed built with lovely old resawn redwood.

This will be a relaxed day to enjoy a 'middle' Humboldt day which is never like the north end of Humboldt nor the south end. I rest absolutely in between as does my art. Unique to its environment, my home and art are one of a kind. My work is abstract with a gesture to landscapes and the internal music that effect my sensibilities every moment of the day.

I look forward to your visit today and tomorrow between 11 and 5. And should you not be able to attend today, you are welcome to call for a personal visit another time. 707-764-3877
Cheers and thank you for your attention....

prayer flags

landscapes/fiber

I will be open for one of the two announced North Coast Open Studios this year. This will be the second weekend of June. I will be presenting some watercolors, prints, some textile pieces (scarves, small items, and custom fabrics) and miscellaneous bits. If you are interested in visiting with me at that time please stop in. There is some handicap access but most viewing of art will be upstairs in the main studio. If the weather is nice the garden will be worth a browse. It is mostly a naturalized combination of beds and rough pasture with a few paths carved into it.
If you have any questions on how to get here please call me on the office number 707-764-3877.
It is 1.8 miles up from the main Wildwood Avenue of Rio Dell on Monument Road. There will be a metal sign on the base of my mailbox post... 1961.
Please look at
www.northcoaststudios.com for more information of that exciting and abundant weekend

Open Studio is from
June 8-9
Saturday and Sunday
11 am to 5 pm

Goodness,  a year has passed since I last wrote! It has been a busy year of travel, the birth of my first grandchild, and a good deal of projects on the studio's five acres. It seems a lot of my creative juices have gone to shingling the cabin/bath house, installing some art work into the garden, building vegetable beds, landscaping, and designing a beautiful woodshed using re-sawn old growth redwood.

But creativity takes all shapes and there has been new projects explored and begun:
a new printer for an in-house art and poetry book this year
painting and sketching using different mediums
planning an outdoor sculpture project that should be placed in the orchard ' 7 Torso's ' withn the next few years. This project will require some education on my part of casting torso forms and building the pieces from there.