Stu Jenks' Fezziwig Press (I'm just a simple man...)

“Craig Acorn, Ironwood, Arizona” Stu Jenks © 2019 [Extended Family Series]

“Craig Acorn, Ironwood, Arizona” © 2019 Stu Jenks. 52 inches tall.

Price: $295, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. (I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.)

 

Craig and I have known each other for over 30 years. He is one of my best friends. He has fought for the poor, the sick and the oppressed in perhaps one of the best ways you possibly can: providing quality, inexpensive, if not free, legal representation. He also is a real-live practicing Buddhist with his own nun and everything.

 

Apologies ahead of time for violating one of the Traditions.

In those Secret Society meetings we both attended, when some people bemoan there is no solution to their addiction and life problems and all appears hopeless and lost, Craig might say something like this:

"You know, it's too bad that the founders of our Program didn't leave a path to wellness, a solution to our problems, perhaps a step by step process that would perhaps...oh, waiting a minute...I know...I could work The Steps."

He says this with kindness, not snark, meaning, this usually gets a laugh.

Love you brother. JDFU.

 

#craigacorn, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries, #ironwood

“Stacey Abrams, Hornbeam Wood, Virginia-North Carolina State Line” (c) 2021 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Stacey Abrams, Hornbeam Wood, Virginia-North Carolina State Line” (c) 2021 Stu Jenks, 57 inches tall.

Price: $295, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. (I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.)

 

Stacey Abrams, and her organization Fair Fight Action, through registering over 800,000 new voters, pretty much got two Democratic Senators elected from the state of Georgia, in a special election in January 2021, and flipped the U.S. Senate. It's a huge freaking deal.

Fun fact: She is also a big science fiction fan.

What's not to like.

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #staceyabrams, #hormbeam

 

 

“Killer Mike, Hornbeam Wood, North Carolina” (c) 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Killer Mike, Hornbeam Wood, North Carolina” (c) 2020 Stu Jenks, 54 inches tall.

Price: $395 shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. (I will hand deliver this work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.)

 

Mike is an Atlanta rapper but he is also known for being a vocal activist on the issues of social inequality, police brutality and the systemic racism in our country. You may remember him from his tearful speech in the wake of the death of George Floyd in the Summer of 2020.

I like Mike a lot. A lot a lot.

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #hornbeam, #northcarolina #killermike.

“Mama Lillie Jenks, Beech Wood, North Carolina” (c) 2018 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Mama Lillie Jenks, Beech Wood, North Carolina” (c) Stu Jenks 2018, 54 inches tall.

Price: $250, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. (I will hand deliver all work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.)

A y-shaped stick, harvested along the shores of Lake Townsend in Guilford County, North Carolina. My first beech walking stick.

Mama Lillie was my father’s mother who baked wonderful sugar cookies, cooked amazing mashed potatoes with lots of butter and black pepper, and loved her jig saw puzzles.

And she was always kind to me.

Always.

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #beechwood

“Alexa Jenks, Hornbeam Wood, North Carolina” (c) 2018 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Alexa Jenks, Hornbeam Wood, North Carolina” 59 inches tall, 2018

Price: $395, shipping not included. (I will hand deliver all work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.) All pieces hang off the wall.

I think I've made four or five pieces for my wife. I've lost count. I really have.

What I can say. I love the woman.

Wiggie, wiggie, baby.

I'm just a simple man.

 

 

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #alexajenks, #hornbeam, #northcarolina,

 

“Bono, Beech Tree, Uwharrie Mountians, North Carolina” & “The Edge, Red Oak, Northern Neck, Virginia” (c) 2021 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Bono, Beech Tree, Uwharrie Mountians, North Carolina”, 67 inches tall; and “The Edge, Red Oak, Northern Neck, Virginia”, 59 inches tall. (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

 

Price: $395 for the pair, shipping not included. (I will hand deliver all work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.) All pieces hang off the wall.

 

I've listened to U2's music since their first album Boy. The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree albums got me through some very tough times in the 1980's, like great music and great art often does. Even today, their latest album Songs of Experience helps me heal physically. spiritually, and emotionally, as I play it loud in my truck as I drive through the North Carolina mountains.

I've seen them live two times, both stunning experiences. At the end of their concerts, Bono says this: "Thank you for giving us a wonderful life."

You're welcome.

And thank you for all you have done for me as well.

 

Fun facts: Bono (Paul Hewson) married his high school sweetheart Alison and they have four children, and by his own account, has never strayed. And The Edge (David Evans) has five children with two women and spends a ton of time in his studio working on music to this day.

 

#u2, #extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #beechwood, #redoak

 

“Adam Clayton, Red Oak, Northern Neck, Virginia” & “Larry Mullen Jr., Ash Wood, Ashe County, North Carolina” (c) 2021 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Adam Clayton, Red Oak, Northern Neck, Virginia”, 56 inches tall and “Larry Mullen Jr., Ash Wood, Ashe County, North Carolina” 55 inches tall. (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

Price: $395 for the pair, shipping not included. (I will hand deliver all work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.) All pieces hang off the wall.

 

I've listened to U2's music since their first album Boy. The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree albums got me through some very tough times in the 1980's, like great music and great art often does. Even today, their latest album Songs of Experience helps me heal physically. spiritually, and emotionally, as I play it loud in my truck as I drive through the North Carolina mountains.

I've seen them live two times, both stunning experiences. At the end of their concerts Bono says this: "Thank you for giving us a wonderful life."

You're welcome.

And thank you for all you have done for me as well.

 

Fun facts: Larry was the guy who got the band together back in the day, and Adam took bass lessons early on to keep up with Edge and the boys.

#u2, #extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #ash, #redoak

 

 

“Maisie, Ironwood, Arizona” (c) 2019 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Maisie, Ironwood, Arizona” 51 inches tall (c) Stu Jenks 2019.

Price: Not For Sale. All pieces hang off the wall.

I'm not going to say much about this piece. Let's just say Maisie is someone I care about.

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #ironwood

“Martin Luther King Jr., Saguaro Rib, Arizona” (c) 2020, Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Martin Luther King Jr., Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 50 inches tall, 2020.

Price: $695, shipping not included. (I will hand deliver all work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.) All pieces hang off the wall.

I don't think I really need to say much about Dr. King. We all know much of his story. Maybe something you didn't know is in the last months of his life he fought as much against income inequality (i.e. The Memphis sanitation workers and more) as he did for the basic human rights for all black men, women and children.

And others, like Rev. Barber, have picked up MLK's torch and marched forward, toward an even more perfect union for blacks, whites, latinx, Native people, LGBTQ, and poor whites, as we all struggle to simply make a living, stay healthy, and to raise our families.

OK. I'll stop preaching. Dr. King and Rev. Barber do that a lot better than I do.

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #saguaro, #arizona

 

 

"Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II #3, Mountain Laurel, North Carolina" (c) 2021 Stu Jenks. [Extended Family Series]

“Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II #2, Mountain Laurel, North Carolina” (c) 2021 Stu Jenks, 60 inches tall.

Price: Not For Sale. All pieces hang off the wall. To be delivered to Reverend Barber, once we all get vaccinated and things begin to quiet down a bit.

I saw Rev. Barber preach social justice and income equality for us poor and low wealth folk a couple of New Year’s Eve ago.

I’ve only been around true holy men a couple times in my life. He is one. A man, yes, but a holy man truly.

That night, I wept in his presence, listening to his words. He is the Martin Luther King Jr. of our time. One of the leaders of The Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Barber is making a difference; in large ways, fighting against voter suppression, for health care equality and for a living wage for all, and in small ways, by touching my heart that night and the hearts of all who hear him preach.

A few weeks ago I thought, "Rev. Barber needs his own real live walking stick. Something strong that he can lean on, to help with that fused spine of his. I need to make a #3 stick along with the other two." I finished it last week, made from native North Carolina Mountain Laurel wood. After COVID wanes, I'll deliver it to him.

If you can't tell, I really love the man.

#extendedfamilyseries, #stujenks, #revbarber, #mountainlaurel