Jake Webster Poet and Sculptor bio

Jake Webster, sculptor, mixed media artist, and spoken word performer. My work speaks about my community and the environment in which I live. I use the tradition of direct carving in wood, stone and aerated cement and apply a contemporary attitude by creating art with whatever is at hand (wire, string, nails, and paint) to tell a story.

I always begin my sculpting process by writing poetry. Poetry is the     fastest way for me to get an idea from my head to paper. Now that I got the idea down on paper, the sculpting begins. As a child growing up in Mississippi before I learned to draw and paint, I would sit up and cry because so much was happening around me and nobody was recording it so, I would write it down knowing that one day I was going to learn how to MAKE ART.

When you come to view my sculptures and to listen to my poetry there are two things you must know, “art is never anything you want it to be” always ask questions and “beauty is never in the eye of the beholder” always ask questions.

Find Jake Webster’s sculptures at Studio II, 114 West Jefferson - Elkhart, IN - open from noon til 5 - Thursday through Saturday and by appointment  jakestudio2@gmail.com.

Photos accompanying Jake Webster’s poetry of his sculpture by  Anita Kay Westhues.