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Inspire & Be Inspired
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2020/06 - June | Photograph By: Marjorie Christiansen Photography
Jess Moschouris is a Western Carolina University Bachelor of Arts graduate with a concentration in oil painting, ceramics, and art history. Add to that a minor in philosophy with honors.
A walking compendium of craft skills, she dips her fingers in dozens of mediums and delights. And she’s the mother of a two-month old boy.
Bam! This woman is remarkable!
She spouts her resume of interests: “I express myself in many creative ways through whatever medium calls me. I wire-wrap jewelry using found stones and crystals. I play guitar and bass, write songs, and sing. I knit. I hike. I print-make. I enjoy silk-screening. And I’m a welder.”
And that’s just for starters.
Her current soul-satisfaction is ceramics, which she promotes as Just Jess Pottery. Covid-19 issues haven’t slowed her down. She operates curbside service. Order a mug or tumbler or pot, select color and style, drive to her house, announce your arrival and Voila! your artwork appears.
Connections led her to The Bascom in the summer of 2015. She assisted in installing art exhibits and working in the gift shop when Sallie Taylor was director. Later, her wife, Dori Moschouris, introduced her to Pat Taylor, whom she credits with, “Providing guidance, knowledge, and resources that helped make my pottery possible. I’m so grateful that he let me fire my pots at his studio and let me use his glazes.”
Her deep love is teaching.
“I really want to be an art teacher,” she says. “I want to share my creative notions with kids and inspire them to express themselves in many positive ways. I want to help students find their niche by exploring what speaks to them creatively. Art, science, welding, deep-sea diving. It doesn’t matter as long as the passion is present. I want to help kids to be the best versions of themselves. To find love in anything that they dream. My motto is inspire as well as be inspired.”
Let Jess inspire you by a visit to Just Jess Pottery; her cell: (919) 592-7603; her email: [email protected]; or Facebook (message her).
