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Check me out on Twitter! Recently I have started writing haikus, primarily to woo my wife Lucia but also as an outlet for my day dreamy thoughts. Ok, really most of my day dreamy thoughts are of her... But I've begun to use Twitter as a way of publishing some of these haikus.
Words, snippets, iconic and ironic slices of verbage have always been important for my work. Haikus are such great visual literary works of art. By no means are my haikus very good; they are just ok. But the joy is in writing them and finding word solutions to the simple 5, 7 5 syllable beat pattern.

Here is one I wrote for Cia:
sleep deep call me soon
dream of her under the sphere
silver dew to kiss

Here is one on sketching:
Pen and paper inked
ideas draw towards flow
image and words sync

I look forward to seeing how these haikus make their way into my art...

New Year, New Work, New Space

Many are wondering "Why are you moving?"

Well, I don't really work in my studio much. It took a personal catastrophe for me realize that and for me to start making some changes. There are so many things I can do from working in shared printmaking spaces elsewhere. My work is big, requires a press. The series of large woodcuts continues, partially funded through a generous grant by the Barbara Deming Money for Women Fund. So really all I was doing in my studio was matting and framing, some drawing, some bookmaking, some work on smaller prints (more on that...) and occassionally napping (though not as much as before since I got rid of the futon last year...). But not a significant amount of time was spent doing any of it.

Of the large woodcuts, I have often been asked "Why hands?" Hands are gracious, graceful and always grateful. My mother's hands bake, my grandmother's hands quilted. Hands express love, surrendering, compassion. Hands can also be used to hurt, push away, denounce. I think you can tell a lot about a person by how they use their hands. For me, using hands in a print makes sense: hands repeat motions, they are redundant. There are two of them. After a few years of doing this series, I began to realize where I was in life when I started them: I was about to be married and start a family. This was important to me. A marriage ceremony involves clasping hands and making vows. The greatest moment in the birth of a child is holding him in your hands (and Jackson was barely more than a handful!)



These are all important to me, though not necessarily literally reflected in my work. Instead, it's the sentiment of nurture and love that is reflected.



In tandem with the large woodcuts, I am starting two new series (one which I mentioned in an earlier post). Goddess Night and Travellar. Travellar is rather appropriate for my studio move, as I have this urge for change. No, not in an Obama kind of way! I will be turning 35 this year. That's a significant age! I am looking for movement in my life, forward progression. The feet and legs in Travellar are in motion, Goddess Night is busy gathering and collecting. I am taking stock of my life and asking "where to go from here?"

THE BIG STUDIO MOVE SALE GOES ON!

The sale continues! and with pictures too! Due to the blizzard this past Sunday, I'll be extending the studio moving sale to SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1 - 5pm and SUNDAY JANUARY 25, noon - 5pm. 6 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA.

ALL art work for sale is priced at 50% off or MORE. Lots of matted and framed prints, drawings, watercolors and oil paintings, from $5 and up. That print you coveted last year at Somerville Open Studios might still be there AND on sale!

Following is a partial list of equipment and supplies for sale. Prices are negotiable within reason.

About 10 or so clip lights, most with metal hoods - $2 each

Folding Tables (2 available) - $10 each

Large green extension cord - $5


Some Photography Equipment - $100 or best offer for the whole lot (enlarger, and full bin of supplies)



Type Drawer - $5



Plastic Storage Drawer Tower - $10



Clamshell boxes - $5 each
Small/Tiny paper cutter - $5



Metal Shelves (there are 2) - $5 each



Flat files with table top (measures approx 32 x 40 inches, 16 inches high, ten drawers) - $200 or best reasonable offer



Wood type - $20




Metal type - $50

Plus some other stuff...


Email me for more information info@jennifer-hughes.com

STUDIO MOVING SALE!

SUNDAY JANUARY 18, noon – 5pm
SUNDAY JANUARY 25, noon – 5pm

6 VERNON STREET, 2nd FLOOR, SOMERVILLE MA


I am moving out my studio at Vernon Street in Somerville and need your help! Oh there will be lots for sale: lots of art (prints, collages, paintings…), clamshell boxes, long folding tables, clip lights, old photography equipment and supplies, a 10 foot square art fair tent (used only twice! With sandbags too!) and some other stuff. Come on by, check it out. No reasonable offer refused. That print you were eyeing last spring at open studios may be available at a great new price.

Don’t make me move all this stuff in the snow…

For directions, best to use mapquest.
For questions, call Jenny 617-733-3622

* if the door is locked when you get there, just call my cell # 617-733-3622