{"id":74130,"date":"2024-08-29T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=74130"},"modified":"2024-08-27T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:48:16","slug":"feature-artist-jenny-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/feature-artist-jenny-ellis\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Feature Artist:<\/strong> Jenny Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_74082\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74082\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74082\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2-810x481.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Feature-Artist-Jenny-Ellis-07.24_LaurelofAsheville_ArtfulChairFeature-26-Allison-Ward-copy-2-1140x677.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny Ellis, artist. Photo by Allison Ward<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Gina Malone<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Ellis\u2019 first sewing project as a child was a pillow. \u201cBut not just a square of fabric,\u201d she says. \u201cNo, it had to be a velvet monkey with a fluffy trimmed tail sitting in a coconut palm tree. I never did anything plain\u2014always had a bent for embellishing.\u201d Though she didn\u2019t come from a family of creators, the sewing bug bit and her parents, recognizing her passion, bought her a small sewing machine. By then, her family had moved from Ohio to Boca Raton, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI first learned about \u2018status\u2019 dressing when I was made fun of at school,\u201d she says. \u201cMy Ohio \u2018practical clothes\u2019 were not fashionable (in Florida).\u201d With the sewing machine and determination, she continued to teach herself how to sew, learning to read patterns and making her own clothes. \u201cI also frequented Lilly Pulitzer\u2019s first dress shop in Delray Beach for my inspirations,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s where I fell in love with colorful fabrics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74083\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74083\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74083\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"469\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny Ellis, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At college, she obtained double degrees in Fashion Design and Foods and Nutrition, deciding that both would be helpful as she raised a family. She married after college and moved to Portland, Oregon. Even while raising her children, she says, she was running small businesses out of her home\u2014creating home d\u00e9cor items and making window treatments. In the late 1990s, they moved to Georgia, just north of Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really launched me into the furniture world is when I was hired as a window treatment designer for Rich\u2019s, which later became Macy\u2019s,\u201d she says. \u201cAs part of my training, I learned their furniture lines and frequented High Point Furniture Market. It was like Disney World for the entire home furnishings industry. I was enamored by the whole design process of creating custom furniture.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74084\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74084\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74084\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy-810x346.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-2-copy-1140x486.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny Ellis, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2004, having remarried and moved to Asheville, she decided to reinvent herself and shared her dream with her husband. \u201cI told him my idea of creating really beautiful chairs as I did dresses, using the whole chair front and back and putting in technical details that nobody had ever seen before,\u201d she says. With his encouragement, she enrolled at A-B Tech for two years of classes. Afterwards, Kim Hubbard, owner and creative director of K2 Studios, in Asheville, helped launch Ellis\u2019 chairs and noted the smiles they brought to faces.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow chair artist Wendy Conklin appreciates Ellis\u2019 creative style. \u201cJenny has an extraordinary talent for taking antique chairs to another artistic level with her imagination and skill set,\u201d Conklin says. \u201cI love watching how she envisions the chairs becoming something entirely surprising\u2014and then pulling it off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She scours thrift stores, flea markets and roadsides for the chairs that will provide the bones for her creations. \u201cI usually draw my chair as I would a dress,\u201d she says, \u201csketching the silhouette and creating details on paper before I make my final decisions. Sometimes the chair shape dictates the design. All of my chairs are made with upholstery fabrics and done with exact standards to the industry. You will get a well-made chair, and a lovely statement piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74085\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74085\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74085\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3-810x392.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feature-artist-set-3-1140x551.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-74085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny Ellis, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An example is her signature Peacock Chair, created from a large fan-back butterfly wing chair. \u201cThe inside is hand-painted and freehand embroidered with peacock feathers,\u201d she says, \u201cand when you sit in it you become part of the art\u2014the peacock!\u201d Her chairs have appeared on movie sets, on billboards, in magazines and in gift shops throughout Asheville, including at the Biltmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking my own creations makes my spirit soar,\u201d Ellis says. \u201cIt\u2019s just a joy I have like none other when I am creating. I do it knowing that what I put into it will give the person who acquires it great joy, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Jenny Ellis\u2019 business, The Artful Chair, LLC, is located at 170 Lyman Street, Studio #5, in the River Arts District. Hours are Monday through Friday, 12\u20135 p.m., with varying hours on the weekend. Design projects are by appointment only. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/TheArtfulChair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheArtfulChair.com<\/a>, and on social media <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/TheArtfulChair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheArtfulChair<\/a>. Online classes are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/TheArtfulChairClasses.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheArtfulChairClasses.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny Ellis\u2019 first sewing project as a child was a pillow. \u201cBut not just a square of fabric,\u201d she says. \u201cNo, it had to be a velvet monkey with a fluffy trimmed tail sitting in a coconut palm tree. 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