About me: I am a woman who wears many hats. Jen Neal Studio is my side-hustle, and the home for some of my many passions. During the day, I have a dream job - I run a film festival that takes place in over 19 cities around the world that strives to inspire audiences to take action around pressing social issues. I work to plan about 100 in-person and digital film events per year.

In planning my own wedding years ago, I found a new passion. Planning weddings brings together my detailed planning skills, my ability to manage a team, my art-school trained artistic eye - and my absolute love of seeing grandparents + kids getting down on the dance floor. I truly adore every single thing about weddings, and this work brings me such joy. Seeing family and friends come together to celebrate new love and the formation of a new family - truly makes my heart sing.

About my fiber work: I am a fiber artist and maker based in Brooklyn, NY.  I work out of my home studio where I weave and create handwoven beaded jewelry.  

I am inspired by the colors and textures in vintage textiles, the striking colors and patterns found in nature and the geometric shapes found in my daily life in New York City. In my beaded earrings I try to create little wearable tapestries that the owner can take out of the home and into their daily life. 

There is something so empowering and transformational about the process of weaving together beads and fibers to create a piece of art. I have found that in my life, I have gravitated towards working with fibers in any capacity I could. (From making hundreds of friendship bracelets as a child, to designing and sewing clothing, latch hook rug making, bead weaving, crochet, knitting.) It is a way that I connect to past generations of women (and men) in my family who were creators, to myself and the world at large.

My beaded earrings have been truly a way to reconnect to the element of joy I had as a 12 yr old learning a new craft. I used to be an avid beader and had a bead loom that I would tote around to play dates and family camping trips. I picked bead weaving back up and being able to translate my tapestry designs to beaded earrings has been so thrilling!

I'd love to hear from you!  Please get in touch.

P.S. I love custom orders and getting to know my customers.