Brian R. Jones
Why me? Why Clay? Becasue clay – not paint, not print, and god, not algebra – was what did the calling, to me. To play in the mud and let my fingers do the talking. A vocation that calls out loud for constant management and control. Obsessive attention. Making pots and other stuff – all handmade, all a little different. When I am done, I clean up pretty good. This is hoe I’m built.
Raised in the suburbs of Syracuse, NY I was drawn to art as a kid and teenager. Calvin and Hobbes and Richard Scarry books were early influences. I started working with clay as an undergraduate at Alfred University and by my second semester in ceramics it became a calling. I earned my MFA from Southern Methodist University and have been all over the country teaching workshops, as a visiting artist and setting up my booth at a variety of craft shows. I live on the Connecticut Shoreline with my family. I also run the Shoreline Clay Club, a local community clay studio. I’m good at making my wife and kids laugh, and I’m lucky for what I have.
Skye Livingston
I create textile pieces for a more colorful life. My work revolves around the use of natural dyes,various sewing techniques, and collage to explore the elements of color theory, space, form, andpattern while raising concerns for environmental sustainability. Drawing inspiration from my surrounding landscapes, human connection to nature, and interiordesign, these pieces explore the intersections between art, utility, and the so-called domesticspace. After years spent exploring the boundaries between the interior and exterior (both physicallyand psychologically), my work now aims to gently dismantle this false dichotomy.
Skye Livingston is a maker and educator, and the person behind Hello Hue Studio: a custom +creative workroom focusing on soft homegoods. She earned her BFA in Fiber Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute where she earned “Best ofShow” in her graduating class exhibition. Her work has been shown across the US and she hasattended several artist residencies, including the Artist-in-Residence program at Arrowmont Schoolof Arts and Crafts. She currently lives and works on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.
