Jen Violette Works

Bio

Jen Violette's passion for creating art began in early childhood. She learned basic drawing and woodworking skills from her father & sewing skills from her mother. Her paternal grandparents earned their living as studio artists at their home in Maine, and she was always inspired by their work and lifestyle. After graduating from high school in 1990, she decided to study art at Alfred University and received her BFA with honors from Alfred in 1994. She has studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Pilchuck Glass School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass and Penland School of Crafts. Her teachers include Lino Tagliapietra, William Morris, Dante Marioni, Richard Marquis, Pino Signoretto, Randy Walker and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen.

Jen and her husband live on a small farm in Wilmington, Vermont with their two young sons. Living in an old farmhouse with connected barns for her studio greatly inspires her daily thoughts and sketches. Jen is an avid gardener and draws great inspiration for her pieces from her vegetable & perennial gardens on their land.

Jen has won numerous awards for her glass and exhibits, and her unique mixed-media sculptures in many fine art galleries nationwide. Her work is included in numerous private collections throughout the world. Her timeless designs area stunning addition to any decor.

Artist Statement

Jen Violette is greatly inspired by the natural world. She is fascinated by plant structures and enjoys studying and examining nature’s unique colors and forms. Violette is known for her colorful garden inspired glass sculptures and she is passionate about using molten glass to skillfully recreate delicate plantlife. When creating her pieces, she gathers hot glass from the furnace, and then applies multiple soft layers of colored glass powders to the surface of the glass to mimic the colors and textures found in nature. She sculpts tiny details into her pieces using a hot torch and small metal tweezers and shears. Violette is an avid gardener and draws much of her inspiration from the gardens that surround her home and studio.