jennymade's profile
Name: jenny barnett
Gender: Female
Birthday: 1st March 1971
I make ceramic & handmade felt figures, dolls, sculpture and gifts and needle felt creations.
I have worked for many years as a freelance modeller for the giftware trade including Coalport, Wedgwood, Genesis Fine Arts, and Jenny Oliver's faeries and I now create my own range of sculpture based on children, animals, and figures from myth & story. Influences come from dolls, puppetry, and expressions of gesture and mood which I like to suggest in the posing of the figure.
A group of figures can take up to a month to create, as once sculpted they are cast in plaster. Clay is then pressed into the dry mould, and the figure reassembled making each one unique. The clay is twice fired up to 1200 degrees centigrade, coloured with oxides and stained.
The finishing touches are made by taking sheep fleece and turning it into a specially shaped piece of felt to fit the figure like clothing, and various colours can be created.
I am adding new creations to the shop , please contact me if you would like to know more.
Commissions are welcome.
I also hold small workshops in making handmade felt, please email for more information.
Jenny Barnett
07899 771576
mrsjennybarnett@gmail.com
Born 1/3/1971
Education
1987-1989 General Art and Design Stafford College
2000-2002 HND Fine Art “ “
2002-2004 HND Sculpture “ “
Employment
1989-1993 Bas-relief modeller- Josiah Wedgwood and sons
1993-1995 Sculptor -Holland Studio Craft
1996-2008 Freelance Design and Sculptor- Coalport, Wedgwood, Genesis Fine Arts
2005-present Self employed artist
Exhibitions
2001 – 2005 various group and open exhibitions around Staffordshire
2005 Solo Exhibition – Shire hall Gallery Stafford
Workshops/commissions
2003 Artist in residence- All Saints primary School, Church Leigh, Staffs
2003 Jack Harrison memorial plaque commission, Kingston-Upon-Hull
2004 Private commissions of ceramic and felt figures
2008 Various puppet and handmade felt workshops
Stockists
Y Capel Llangollen
SPACE Ellesmere
Oriel Glynllifon parc
Royal Cambrian Academy
