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Artist Bio Jae Holstein
Artist Bio Jae Holstein
Artist Bio Jae Holstein
Jae Holstein, Newberry FL artist, is best known for her satisfyingly rhythmic and impressively detailed pine needle baskets. Jae works in a variety of mediums. Her current focus is basketry which includes the pine needles, marquetry, thread, agates, beads and clay. Jae manipulates pine needles by using her own adapted coiling technique t
Jae Holstein, Newberry FL artist, is best known for her satisfyingly rhythmic and impressively detailed pine needle baskets. Jae works in a variety of mediums. Her current focus is basketry which includes the pine needles, marquetry, thread, agates, beads and clay. Jae manipulates pine needles by using her own adapted coiling technique to create a tighter coil and ultimately a denser more malleable sculpture. Her use of negative space, repetition, shape and color enhance the dynamic and unusual form of her skillfully coiled baskets. Some of Jae’s designs are carefully planned while other designs emerge in the process through experimentation and play. Holstein’s unique designs are often inspired by patterns found in nature, particularly trees. One of the reasons Jae was attracted to basketry is the emotional experience provided by the coiling. Jae’s process requires arduous repetition and intense focus which the artist describes as therapeutic. Jae is also influenced by her Native American heritage. Pine needle coiling is one of the oldest basket weaving techniques known and was practiced wherever pine needles were present. Jae refers to her basket coiling as spiritual activity which allows her to a feel connected to the sisterhood of basket weaving history.
Artist Bio Jae Holstein
Artist Bio Jae Holstein
Jae has been involved in creative endeavors her entire life. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia. From years Jae attended Cobb County Center for Excellence in Performing Arts High School in Roswell, Georgia. During her time at the performing arts high school Jae majored in vocal performance. She continued her creative interests by m
Jae has been involved in creative endeavors her entire life. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia. From years Jae attended Cobb County Center for Excellence in Performing Arts High School in Roswell, Georgia. During her time at the performing arts high school Jae majored in vocal performance. She continued her creative interests by majoring in music at Graceland University. During college Jae also became interested in culinary arts. She pursued this interest by moving to Gainesville, FL and worked as a chef for several years.
In 2006 Jae moved back to Georgia. Holstein worked with her mother, internationally known potter, Sheryl Holstein. Jae Holstein collaborated with her mother at Mountain Oak Pottery Studio in Ellijay, Georgia. During Jae’s time in Georgia she created and sold various mixed media and 2D projects to interested parties from home. In 2013 Jae Holstein attended Jean Kerr’s pine needle basketry class at John C. Campbell School in North Carolina. Jae excelled in basketry coiling and uses the skills she learned from Kerr to make the intricate pieces she’s known for today. Jae currently practices art from home in Newberry, Florida, where she lives with her partner Ashley Milam.
Artist Bio Jae Holstein
Jae Holstein’s work has been featured in many galleries including the prestigious Bascom Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Highlands, NC. Her work was also displayed in Mountain Mist Gallery, Cashiers NC; Gilmer Arts, Ellijay GA; Wild Cat on Wings Gallery, Ballground, GA; Blue Ridge Artist Association Blue Ridge, GA; and Jumping Mouse Bead
Jae Holstein’s work has been featured in many galleries including the prestigious Bascom Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Highlands, NC. Her work was also displayed in Mountain Mist Gallery, Cashiers NC; Gilmer Arts, Ellijay GA; Wild Cat on Wings Gallery, Ballground, GA; Blue Ridge Artist Association Blue Ridge, GA; and Jumping Mouse Beads Blue Ridge, GA. Awards for Jae’s work includes
- 3rd place in The Spring Arts Show, Gilmer Arts 2015.
- 2nd place Spring Arts Show, Gilmer Arts 2016.
- 1st place in 3D for the SAAG National Juried Show 2016.
- 2nd place Spring Arts Show,Gilmer Arts 2017.
- 1st place in 3D for the SAAG National Juried show 2017.
- 2nd place in 3D for the SAAG National Juried Show 2018.
- Best of Show for the National Art Encounter 2018-2019 Naples FL.
- 1st place for the SAAG National Juried Show 2019.
- 5th place for the 6th Annual Artist’s Choice (April 2021) Online International Art Exhibition.
Artist Bio Sheryl Holstein
Artist Bio Sheryl Holstein
Artist Bio Sheryl Holstein
Sheryl Holstein has been studying pottery from accomplished potters through the John C. Campbell Folk School since the fall of 2002. She began creating pottery under the name Mountain Oak Pottery, and is continuously learning new and different techniques for throwing and glazing. When you live high in
the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains, the
Sheryl Holstein has been studying pottery from accomplished potters through the John C. Campbell Folk School since the fall of 2002. She began creating pottery under the name Mountain Oak Pottery, and is continuously learning new and different techniques for throwing and glazing. When you live high in
the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains, there isn’t a better place to work than your own back porch. Sheryl has set up her pottery studio
over-looking the very mountains that give her artistic inspiration every day.
“Becoming a potter is a passion, a goal and an extension of who I am. I love making beautiful things that can be shared with others. I hope others enjoy viewing, touching and using my pottery as much as I have enjoyed creating them.”
Artist Bio Sheryl Holstein
Artist Bio Sheryl Holstein
Awards and Accomplishments
First Place 3D: Gilmer Arts Juried Spring Show, 2020
Second Place: SAAG National Juried Show 3D, 2019
Second Place: Georgia Marble Festival Art Exhibition 3D, 2019 First Place: Gilmer Arts Juried Spring Show, 2019
• Pottery Selected as an award by Georgia Council for the Arts for 2017,
• Governor’s Award for the Arts
Awards and Accomplishments
First Place 3D: Gilmer Arts Juried Spring Show, 2020
Second Place: SAAG National Juried Show 3D, 2019
Second Place: Georgia Marble Festival Art Exhibition 3D, 2019 First Place: Gilmer Arts Juried Spring Show, 2019
• Pottery Selected as an award by Georgia Council for the Arts for 2017,
• Governor’s Award for the Arts & Humanities
• Second Place 3D: Georgia Marble Festival, 2018
• Honorable Mention: SAAG National Juried Show, 2018
• President’s Choice Award & Second Place: SAAG National Juried Show, 2017
• Third Place 3D: SAAG National Juried Show, 2016
• First Place 3D: SAAG National Juried Show, 2015
• People’s Choice “Best in 3D”: SAAG Celebration of Artisans Show, 2015
• Pottery Selected for Potters Council Calendar, 2015
• Second Place: SAAG National Juried Show 3D, 2014
• People’s Choice Award: 3D Off the Wall Exhibit Blue Ridge Mountain Arts, 2014
• People’s Choice “Best in 3D”: Celebration of Artisans, SAAG Juried Show, 2014
• Best of Show Second Place: SAAG National Juried Show, 2010• First Place: Gilmer Arts & Heritage Association Regional Juried Show, 2009
• Division Winner: Gilmer County Fair, 2006
• First Place: Gilmer County Fair, 2005 & 2007
• Second Place: Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, Arts in the Park, 2008
• Third Place: Regional Juried Art Show, Gilmer Arts and Heritage Association, 2008 • Award of Merit: Canton Festival of the Arts, 2005
Artist Bio Sheryl Holstein
She has been featured in such magazines and newspapers as Appalachian Country cover Aug/Sept 2010 & Oct/Nov 2008, Gilmer News 8/24/10, Inside Gilmer Oct/Nov 2006, Art-to-Art Palette 2007-08 Fall/Winter Edition, Art-to-Art Palette electronic edition, The Potter’s Shed Section, and The Times-Courier.
Each piece of Mountain Oak Pottery is han
She has been featured in such magazines and newspapers as Appalachian Country cover Aug/Sept 2010 & Oct/Nov 2008, Gilmer News 8/24/10, Inside Gilmer Oct/Nov 2006, Art-to-Art Palette 2007-08 Fall/Winter Edition, Art-to-Art Palette electronic edition, The Potter’s Shed Section, and The Times-Courier.
Each piece of Mountain Oak Pottery is hand made by Sheryl. Most pieces are made on a potter’s wheel. After the shape is created from clay it dries to a leather hard stage where it can be trimmed and decorated. Then it continues to dry for about a week when it can be bisque fired in a kiln for about twelve hours. The bisque piece is then decorated, glazed, and fired again to a temperature of over 2200 degrees. This firing takes about twelve hours. Mountain Oak Pottery is crafted to be beautiful and functional.
She has exhibited and been featured at a number of art centers and galleries, including: Perspectives, Watkinsville, GA; Fired Works, Macon, GA; Gilmer Arts and Heritage, Ellijay, GA.; Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Center, Blue Ridge, GA; East Main Gallery, Blue Ridge, GA; Macon Arts Alliance Gallery, Macon, GA; Spring Place Pottery, Cartersville, GA.; North Georgia Diamond, East Ellijay, GA; Jumping Mouse Beads, Blue Ridge, GA; MasterPiece Framers, Canton, GA and has assisted in pottery classes at John C. Campbell Folk School.
Pottery can be purchased at North Georgia Diamond, Ellijay, GA; Jumping Mouse Beads, Blue Ridge, GA & Ott Farms and Vineyards, Ellijay, GA.