• Tell me a bit about yourself

My name’s Jennifer Porter and I live in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA
I like to find little beautiful stuff and make it too. When my cat, Winifred, is not napping she also helps. We live in Silver Lake (Los Angeles) CA and we are addicted to flickr, tea, and the ocean.
I received my BFA at The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago and my MFA at Calarts. I currently teach photography when I’m not beading and getting dirty with my new Gocco printer.

• What is the name of your Shop?

“Porterness”

• Please describe your creative process

Stay up late, drink a lot of long tea, and ask Winifred for advice on everything.

• Where do your ideas come from?

Family heirlooms… I don’t know but I wish i could keep up with at least 3 of them at one time instead of 20.

• How did you get into your craft?

My Grandmother taught me to use my hands and my heart.

• Apart from creating things, what do you do?

I teach photography at Chaffey College and Saddleback College.

• How do you promote your work?

In my Blog… and everyday visual shenanigans. I love to look at crafty peoples work and give support in the comments. It sucks up a lot of my time… I mean it’s all research, right?

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