Sean Hennessey is a sculptor, painter, and glass artist. A graduate of Berea College, Sean worked in professional theatre for ten years and has bridged the theatre and fine arts community since moving to DC in 1997. His works have been seen in many contexts and venues including; The Shakespeare Theatre, The Kennedy Center, the Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, HGTV, Arena Stage, Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Signal 66, and 5 Artomatics. He creates kiln-formed glass sculpture, cast concrete curiosities, and wonderful painted environments. He’s the owner of Scenic Artisans LLC, a decorative paint and sculpture service, a board member of the Washington Sculptors Group, and an associate of the Washington Glass School and Creative Arts Center.

Meet Sean when he speaks at the Summit of Awesome on Navigating the Art world with Craft panel.  Limited on site registration is currently available, but to secure a spot, you must register online before Friday. You can call 1-888-435-0204, toll free, if you have questions about registration.

Spring brings the arrival of beautiful weather, lots of lovely blooms, baby animals to ogle and a whole slew of new episodes of all the television programs that I won’t be watching.

Let’s be honest here. Television sets are unattractive. Yes, especially the flat screen, super bionic ones.  They’re hideous.

Never fear! I have found a delightful bunch of televisions that you can be proud to display in your home.  And these TV sets are commercial free.

Above is a porcelain sculpture by Ava Haney.  I especially like the post-apocalyptic feel of this one.  It reminds me of a something straight out of the video game Fallout.

Ma Jun is a Chinese artist who makes highly decorated porcelain sculptures.  Check out more of his work here.

One of the great qualities of porcelain as a material is its ability to be translucent when thin.  Matt Ozminsky utilizes this with these super cool tv lamps.  I recommend keeping an eye on his etsy shop to snatch one when they become available again.

Jana Walliser’s teacups are another example of a nice use of porcelains translucence.  Lift up one of her cups and see an image in the clay of a woman drinking tea on tv.  Ingenious.

I love everything about this TV fire pit by Chris Crooks.  I especially appreciate the rabbit ear antenna.

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