
Ellen Jewett
Artist Ellen Jewett combines cold porcelain, polymer, and wire armatures to create these surrealistic, heavily embellished sculptures. The pieces feature totally unexpected combinations of animals, plants, and sometimes even signs of human civilization. She has alternately described her work as “natural history surrealist sculpture” and “anthrozoology-meets -psychoanalysis.” That’s a lot to unpack.
A big fan of nature, Jewett avoids toxic mediums like paints, glazes, and finishes, and instead builds her creations out of natural, locally-sourced materials.
“This, unavoidably, excludes most of what is commonly commercially available, and has sent me on a journey of unique material combination and invention.”
You can follow Jewett on her website and Instagram.
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June 3, 2017 at 10:52 am
Wow! These are enchanting and impressive. They are so complex and delicate. I would think that sculpting these would be challenge enough without the additional challenge of using all natural materials.
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June 3, 2017 at 12:52 pm
True. And I feel like they need to be children’s books.
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June 3, 2017 at 1:06 pm
Yes!
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June 3, 2017 at 1:45 pm
They are all great, but the bat!! Love the bat!!
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June 3, 2017 at 7:46 pm
The bat is really something!
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June 4, 2017 at 6:36 am
The bat is incredible as is the bear.
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June 4, 2017 at 10:49 am
I’m really blown away by her imagination!
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June 8, 2017 at 11:23 am
These are magnificent. I’m glad that you included the photo of her working on the bear sculpture to give some perspective on their size.
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June 8, 2017 at 12:17 pm
They really are amazing.
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July 3, 2017 at 6:18 pm
Stunning work! I think the bear and the fish are my favourite. I think there is a lot of potential for anthrozoological interpretation and at the same time, they look like something for a faerie land.
~ megancrossley.com
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July 4, 2017 at 9:40 pm
That’s a fair point. I’d love to explore that faerie land!
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