Jenn Ski
37 // Jenn Ski is originally from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA, and currently resides in Bedford, New Hampshire. Jenn originally wanted to go into fine art, but ended up majoring in Graphic Design, which taught her all about visual balance, layout and ‘the grid’. Once out of college, Jenn was burned out from so much time arranging text and photographs on a computer screen, so she started arranging ‘blobs’ instead, finding this more fun and freeing. Jenn’s husband encouraged her to buy a good printer and start selling her work online. For inspiration Jenn loves vintage fabrics, decorative papers and pottery from the 1950s–70s. Jenn’s style is all about the mid-century aesthetic; she even bought a home built by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, so inspiration is all around her. Clients have included Target, Hallmark, Land of Nod, P&B Textiles and Madison Park Greetings. Jenn’s other passion is interior design, and she would love to have her art on upholstery fabrics, carpets and wallpaper. Decorating with her own products would be a dream come true!
Design Hero: Rex Ray
Tulips
The image of a tulip flower is pared down to its absolute minimum here. The black diamond lines hold the design together.
Triangle Flowers
Highly stylized flowers in black outline are offset with flat colour in this almost mathematical drawing.
Navajo
This design came out of Jenn’s experiments with drawing angles. It featured as a giclée print in her Etsy shop.
All art by Jenn Ski, represented by Lilla Rogers Studio