Jennifer Maestre's Unique Sculptor

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Jennifer Maestre’s, a unique sculptor, caught my eye immediately with her lurring pieces. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jennifer went on to study at Wellesley College, and received her B.A., Fine Arts/Economics in 1981. She later went to Massachusetts College of Art, and obtained her B.F.A. in Glass with Distinction, Departmental Honors in the year of 1997. From here Jennifer began to construct beautiful structures that inspired one after the other. She went through many materials such as nails, but couldn’t quite find one that would shape the organic forms she wanted, so she moved to color pencils. Jennifer Maestre got her inspiration from life below sea level. Jennifer states in her artist statement, “My sculptures were originally inspired by the form and function of the sea urchin. …show more content…

She continues to say, “The sections of pencils present aspects of sharp and smooth for two very different textural and aesthetic experiences. Paradox and surprise are integral in my choice of materials.” Jennifer is saying in so many words that she uses color pencils to show both humbleness and warning at the same time. Maestre Constructs her exhilarating pieces by first collecting hundreds of color pencils. She then moves to modifying them to be linked together. She take hundreds of pencils, cut them into 1-inch sections, drill a hole in each section (to turn them into beads), sharpen them all and sew them together. The beading technique she rely on most is peyote stitch. Peyote stitching, also known as

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