Stu Jenks' Fezziwig Press: Mountains of North Carolina

July 28, 2021

“Treebeard, Black Walnut, North Carolina” © Stu Jenks 2021 [Extended Family Series]

Price: $195, shipping included. Simply contact me via my email address at [email protected] or Facebook message me, if you would like to purchase one of my pieces. Payments can be made with Paypal, Venmo or credit card with Square. All pieces are signed with its title, and can be hung from the wall. Love y'all, Stu.

It's a sad dog who won't wag its own tail, but I have to tell ya, I really like this stick. The richness and depth of the black walnut is so nice. Very hard to see in a photograph or two, but it's there.

And oh yeah, Treebeard was an ent, a tree giant, in the Lord Of The Rings films and novels. As Gandalf said in The Two Towers, Treebeard is "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-Earth."

I love that old man. He is family too.

#treebeard, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

Posted at 01:20 AM in Art, Extended Family Series, Hardwood, Mountains of North Carolina, North Carolina, Walking Sticks, Wall Pieces, Wood | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 23, 2021

"Maggie, Will & Gabby McIntyre, Saguaro Ribs, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

Click on this link to read the story regarding this wall piece.

This piece resides at the McIntyre/Smith farm in Ashe County, North Carolina. It has a prized spot, right outside of the downstairs bathroom.

Fun fact #1: The bathroom, or near it, is one of my favorite places people hang my artwork. It truly is. Palmer picked this spot. I had nothing to do with her decision. Just a happy surprise for me.

Fun fact #2: The other walking sticks I made for the McIntyre clan last Christmas reside by the front door of the cabin, to grab, if you like, as you hike along this beautiful high ridge near the North Carolina/Virginia border.

Sometimes, it's good to be me. Very good.

Posted at 03:13 PM in Arizona, Art, Christmas and Winter Solstice, Extended Family Series, Greensboro, NC, Mountains of North Carolina, North Carolina, The South, The West, Wall Pieces, Women | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 10, 2021

“Bill W., Red Maple, North Carolina” © Stu Jenks 2021 [Extended Family Series]

“Bill W., Red Maple, North Carolina” © Stu Jenks 2021, 40 inches by 5 inches.

Price: $150, shipping included. Simply contact me via my email address at [email protected] or Facebook message me, if you would like to purchase one of my pieces. Payments can be made with Paypal, Venmo or credit card with Square. All pieces are signed with its title, and can be hung from the wall. Love y'all, Stu.

Bill Wilson was one of the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and the author of the book Alcoholics Anonymous (also known as The Big Book) and the book, Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions (also known as The 12 and 12.) If you want to know more about Bill, wiki and google him and you'll find tons. Also, the documentary film, My Name Is Bill W. is excellent.

In a later post, I'll have a few things to say about recovery, therapy and treatment in general, but not here. Respecting the 12 Traditions and all that.

But Bill W. is definitely part of my Extended Family.

JDFD. ODAAT.

#billw, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

Posted at 01:40 AM in 12 Step Stuff, Art, Extended Family Series, Mountains of North Carolina, North Carolina, Recovery, The South, Walking Sticks, Wall Pieces, Wood | Permalink | Comments (0)

June 17, 2021

The PBRC: Bluff Mountain, North Carolina (c) 2021 Stu Jenks.

All images on this website can be printed by me on my archival printer, using archival paper, then signed, boarded, glassine-bagged, then mailed to you

8 1/2 by 11s are $45, plus S & H. 13 x 19s are $95, plus S & H. (Image rights are also for sale. Cost of those are specific to the client and the job.) Shipping runs between $10 and $20.

Contact me via email at [email protected], or through Facebook Messenger, if you want to buy something.

Stay safe. Love y’all. Stu.

Posted at 01:22 AM in Art, Mountains of North Carolina, North Carolina, Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair | Permalink | Comments (0)

December 16, 2020

Pamela's Baby Rocking Chair Renewed & Preserved.

The PBRC was looking a little torn up from the floor up lately. Since the photographic series began almost 10 years ago, my deceased sister's toddler chair has been from coast to coast: from New York to San Francisco; from the high desert of Arizona, to the low country of South Carolina; from the snows of Utah to the shores of Virginia, North Carolina, California and The Gulf of Mexico. It's that 'getting wet' part that has really bruised the chair. So I sanded her down smooth, leaving some of the patina to show her long history, then oiled her with teak oil, then polished her with 00000 steel wool, and finally buffed her with a soft cotton rag. She has never looked so shiny and pretty. The chair hasn't be fully restored but renewed and preserved, so that perhaps someday my step-daughter will inherit it, and then she do what she will do with her dead step-aunt infant rocking chair. Bottom line: she's good to go, and ready for her closeup.

"So will you be putting the chair in the water again," said my wife Alexa with a smile.

"Yes, ma'am," I said, "I'm pretty sure I will."

Also, in this post, are images from recent days, both with and without a chair in them.

Merry Christmas, everyone,

Stu