Plant Shelfie Bookends Collab with Cori Jacobs (COMING SOON)
Cori Jacobs is one of my longest standing art pals. We have collaborated on paintings in the past, and her colorful and whimsical style was a huge influence on my cityscape art style. She’s a Portland native but has been living in Mexico for over 20 years now. She has a gallery in Sayulita, full of her beautiful paintings, ceramics, and naturally dyed clothing. I have been fortunate enough to visit her and paint from her studio rooftop over the years, which has had a huge impact on my art and life. She’s a huge inspiration to me, and I’m delighted to be collaborating with her again.
Note: These images are NOT the finished bookends. They still need to be fired and glazed and will look quite different when they are done. This page is meant as a preview, but for those who are excited and want to purchase tickets now, do so knowing they will look different when completed. The finished photos will be posted in mid to late May.
About the Raffle
We made these Plant Shelfie Bookends specifically to raise money for and awareness of Com-Fusion, the ceramics community center we are building in Portugal. All the money raised will go to a savings account which will ultimately be used to pay for rent, ceramics equipment & materials, and all the things we’ll need to get this thing off the ground and hosting artists for classes, workshops, residencies and retreats. For me, this has been a dream my whole adult life (some twenty-five plus years). We already have the space for artist residencies secured, and are negotiating space for the community center! To start we’ll use Mariana’s existing space.
The Fine Print
Use the drop down menu to choose 1, 3, or 5 tickets
No purchase necessary to participate- you can also enter by signing up for my email list. If you’re already on the list, just send me an email to let me know, and I’ll add your name with one entry.
Raffle will be open through May 15. Winner announced on May 17
Raffle open to US, Canada, EU and UK only.
Your purchase of a raffle ticket, brings us one step closer to realizing this dream. We thank you for that and appreciate you taking a chance to have these beauties in your home.
How we make them
These are made from a 6” planter with attached saucer that Nicole throws on the potter’s wheel. She then cut the planter in half attach a slab back to each half, and voila- Bookends! Mariana then transfers the peony image onto the pot, and then uses a technique called sgrafitto to paint and carve the design. Add on the lusters and firings, these bookends have taken at least 8 hours to create.
Each half has a drainage hole and is heavy enough to hold your books up for the ultimate plant shelfie. They also have a wire hook on the back to hang on the wall (please hang on a stud).