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OUR STORY 

​Boo&Finni is Just Emerson (Boo) and Jennifer Arnold (Finni). Emerson is originally from Dracut Massachusetts and Jennifer is originally from Jonesboro Arkansas. Emerson and Jen met in graduate school in 2012 where they both received their MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University NYS College of Ceramics.

 

​Boo&Finni began in 2013 when we started hanging out more in Grad school. Being studio mates, we grew closer and started sharing ideas for artworks and sketching them out in a notebook over a cup of coffee at the local cafe Terra Cotta. Our ideas stemmed from a place of complete vulnerability with each other and left us free to express ourselves in a way that we would otherwise consider “too ridiculous or absurd” to create artwork from. Graduate school was a great time to experiment on our personal artwork, but there was something very special about the stuff we came up with together that we just couldn’t get on our own. We found ourselves getting together more often and eventually realized how much more excited we were to collaborate with one another on ideas for artworks and fantasizing about the possibility of creating them one day.
 

Following graduate school, we went our separate ways. For the first time in our lives we felt like a part of our creativity was missing as we lived separately. We quickly realized how important we were to each other and moved to Austin TX where we lived together in an old airstream. Over the last ten years we have slowly brought our sketchbook designs and ideas to life as functional sculptures, pottery, jewelry and lamps, which helped us build Boo&Finni into a small business selling our work at local farmers markets, pop-ups and shops. We have committed our lives to constantly growing as artists and actually pursuing our ideas no matter what.

OUR CLAY CENTER DREAM

Our dream has always been to someday evolve/continue Boo&Finni as a Clay Center that provides a space to give a local community an opportunity to express themselves through learning about the most versatile material there is… Clay! We believe Jonesboro, Arkansas is that community and we are currently working to make this dream a reality! 

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OUR EDUCATION

Jennifer Arnold / Instructor - Artist 

Jennifer is originally from Jonesboro, Arkansas. She earned her BFA in Ceramics from Penn State University in 2011, and received her MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University NYS College of Ceramics in 2014. 

Emerson / Instructor - Artist

Emerson is from Dracut, Massachusetts. He earned his BFA from MassArt in Boston MA in 2008 and received his MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University NYS College of Ceramics in 2014. 

OUR GOALS

As collaborative Artists - 

"Our goal as a ceramic collaborative is to push ourselves creatively by constantly challenging and encouraging one another. The best discoveries originate from curiosity and our main objective is to play and get excited about new ideas. We design and produce everything from start to finish in our home studio. We take a handmade approach to kitsch, add a little humor with a touch of taboo subject matter. We like to offer an element of surprise for anyone who decides to take a moment, or invest in one of our pieces. Your curiosity and investigation is what gives our work a platform to express itself."

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For Our Clay Center

"Provide a space to share and educate students from our collective knowledge, experience and practices in the ceramic arts and have fun doing it!" 

​​Thank you for reading and taking a moment to understand our backgrounds and dreams. Every bit of interest helps us to be full time makers and educators, which isn't always the easiest road to go down. We are able to be full time makers because we are hustling, thrifting, compromising, sacrificing and crafty with our reality continuing to be artists no matter what. We are determined to live and thrive off the work we make and sell.  Love B&F

 

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