August Newsletter

A Return to Working Big

After spending the past year refining and perfecting Studio J.E.D.’s ceramic lighting, I’ve been so thrilled to start pushing the work into a new scale.

This summer, I’ve begun creating custom dining tables and coffee tables, pairing hand-built ceramic bases with clear tempered glass tops.

There’s something incredibly exciting, and honestly empowering, about working this large again. It brings me back to my college and graduate school days, when I was making ceramic sculptures taller than I was. I’ve always loved the physicality of working at that scale: building something slowly by hand, figuring out the structural challenges as I go, and watching a really substantial object take shape in the studio.

These new tables feel like a continuation of that part of my practice, but in a completely new way. I love that a dining table can be this beautiful, sculptural object, but also the place where so much of life actually happens. Especially in such a busy, fast-moving world, sitting down around a table gives us a reason to slow down, share a meal, talk, celebrate, and spend real quality time with the people we love. I really love the idea of making pieces that become part of those moments.

Feeling really excited about a 72" gaterhing table for a sweet young family in the upper east side, this table is perfect for their dining room since there apartment is long and gorgeous.

I’m also about to begin work on a new custom 96” Agora dining table for a woman here in Brooklyn who is working with an interior designer on her home. She felt the table would be the perfect fit for the space, and I’m so excited to start building it for her. I especially love getting to make these pieces for specific homes and seeing how the scale, finish, and proportions come together with the rest of the room.

Each ceramic base is shaped entirely by hand in my Brooklyn studio and paired with a durable tempered glass top, which keeps the piece feeling light while allowing the ceramic form to remain fully visible. Tables can also be customized in size, proportion, and finish for the home they’re going into.

To celebrate this new chapter, I’m offering 30% off custom dining table commissions booked through August 31.

If you’ve been thinking about a dining table or coffee table for your space, feel free to reply with a photo and a few rough dimensions. I’m always happy to help think through sizing, finishes, or even create a rendering so you can visualize the piece in your home.

I’m so excited about where this work is going—and very grateful to have you following along as Studio J.E.D. continues to grow.

July Newsletter

A Recent delivery of a custom Bourgeois coffee table settling into its new home in a beautiful Greenpoint, Brooklyn high-rise overlooking the water— such s perfect fit 🤍

Hi everyone,

I hope you're having a wonderful summer! July has always been my favorite month of the year—the weather if often so gorgeous here in Brooklyn :)  

The studio has been really busy lately, which feels so exciting! Over the past few weeks I've been working on custom lamps, coffee tables, sconces, and dining tables and it's been such a fun variety of projects. One of my favorite parts of the process is collaborating with each client—from the first sketches and renderings in their space to choosing finishes, refining proportions, and finally delivering the finished piece. Because everything is handmade to order, every project ends up a little different, and I love seeing each one take shape making each piece truly one of a kind! 

I'm also excited to share that Studio J.E.D. was recently featured inVoyageMIA, where I talk about my journey into ceramics and building the studio.

As a little celebration of my favorite month of the year, I'm offering 25% off custom dining tables through the end of July.

Thank you so much for following along. If there's a custom lighting or table piece you've been thinking about feel free to send me an email, I can't wait to share more of what's coming out of the studio soon!

A new custom Bourgeois coffee table right before delivery to her new home :)

A custom Petit Betty lamp, handmade in my Brooklyn studio, on its way to its new home in New Hampshire. 

New Year, New Energy

The year is beginning with a quiet hum—grounded, but full of momentum.

Earlier this week, between glaze tests and the steady warmth of the kiln, I opened an email from International Contemporary Furniture Fair sharing that my work was featured in Dezeen as part of their preview of designers exhibiting at ICFF, May 17–19, 2026, at the Javits Center in New York. Seeing my work included alongside such thoughtful makers felt both surreal and deeply affirming—a meaningful marker in the studio’s growth.

ICFF has long been a reference point for me: a place where furniture, lighting, and material exploration meet architecture and atmosphere. Exhibiting there this spring feels like stepping into a new chapter shaped by years of experimentation, patience, and trust in the slow build of a studio practice. I’m especially excited to share new sconces, table lamps, and a floor lamp I’ve been quietly developing for some time.

In the studio, the work continues steadily. I’m currently developing a new series of ceramic sconces—softly sculptural forms that play with shadow and glow—alongside a new kitchen tray designed for daily use: tactile, weighty, and meant to live easily within everyday rituals.

Many of these new pieces are being made for homes in the Bay Area, where I grew up. That landscape—fog, ocean air, and a particular quality of light—shaped my sensitivity to atmosphere long before I ever touched clay. Sending work back west now feels like a full-circle moment, connecting past and present through the work itself.

This new year feels less about urgency and more about clarity. About staying steady, listening closely, and continuing to build with intention.

As ICFF approaches, I’m feeling excited and grateful for the studio, for the support, and for the long arc of making things by hand.

— Jen
Studio JED

One Year of Studio J-E-D

Studio J-E-D began shortly after I moved in with my fiancé, in Bushwick, Brooklyn—beneath the steady rumble of the train overhead. Surrounded by constant motion and noise, I found myself craving stillness. Calm. A sense of refuge at home.

Almost unexpectedly, I became obsessed with lighting—how light could soften a space, quiet the nervous system, and transform an apartment into something that felt like an oasis. A place to exhale. A gentle counterpoint to the daily hustle of the city.

After more than a decade creating one-of-a-kind ceramic sculptures and oil paintings, my focus shifted. Instead of objects meant only to be observed, I began thinking about art that could be lived with—forms that held light, atmosphere, and presence. Lighting became the medium through which sculpture and function could meet.

This studio practice has been shaped by close attention to material. Clay in its many states—soft, pliable, structured, fired—guides the work. Much of this process unfolds quietly: shaping, refining, testing light, adjusting form. These moments are often private, but they are what continually draw me back to the medium.

As Studio J-E-D reaches its first year, I want to pause and say thank you. To everyone who has supported the studio—by collecting a piece, exhibiting my work, sharing kind words, coming to see it in person or following along—your presence has made this practice possible.

Right now, I’m in the studio working on a ceramic lighting shade commission and a sconce commission, while preparing for ICFF and imagining what’s next for Studio J-E-D. There is so much more to share as this body of work continues to evolve.

This journal will serve as an ongoing archive: a place to document studio practice, works in progress, and reflections on the quiet, meaningful moments that shape this work.

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