Justin Ashby Kramer
Email: jkramerfurniturestudio@gmail.com
Phone: (812) 598-3540
Education
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Master of Fine Arts - Applied Design emphasis in Furniture/Sculpture
Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Double Major in Furniture Design and Ceramics
Teaching Experience
2021-2022 Adjunct Instructor of 3-D Design, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
2021 Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics I, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
2013-2019 Director of Woodworking, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, VT
Courses taught at Yestermorrow:
Fundamentals of Design, Woodworking Certificate Program, Home Design Build; Designing Through Deconstruction Re-Construction; Beginning Furniture Making; Introduction to the Wood Shop; Furniture Design; Reclaimed Furniture Design; Kitchen Cabinetry; Skin On Frame Canoe Design/Build; Youth Design/Build; Design and Carve Your Own Kitchenware; Sustainably Harvest and Mill Your Own Lumber; Traditional Bow and Arrow Making, Leatherworking, Professionally Photographing and Documenting Work
2012 Professor of Introduction to Woodworking, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Teaching Assistant Experience
2013 Tiny House Semester Program, Yestermorrow Design and Build School, Waitsfield, VT
2013 3-D Design, San Diego State University, CA
2011-2012 Advanced Woodworking and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2010-2012 Intermediate Woodworking and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2010 Introduction to Design and Woodworking, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Publications
2012 San Diego Art Fair Review, San Diego Tribune
Mind & Hand Contemporary Studio Furniture, Schiffer Publishing
2011 500 Cabinets, Lark Books
Gallery Exhibitions
2019 Artisans Gallery, Waitsfield, VT
2016-2018 R-B Farm Exhibition, The Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield, VT
WWC Fall Exhibition, Bundy Modern, Waitsfield, VT
2013 A Hard Day’s Nightstand, Kensington Gallery, San Diego, CA
SDSU Student Award Show, Jackson Gallery, San Diego, CA
Intangibles, Southwestern College Art Gallery. Chula Vista, CA
MFA, Francis Parker Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012 The Athenaeum Art Council Exhibition, The Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
San Diego Art Fair, San Diego, CA
Burn Notice, University Gallery, San Diego, CA
Apples & Oranges Collaboration, Art Produce, San Diego, CA
Mengei Exhibition, Flory Canto Gallery, San Diego, CA
2011 High & Dry, San Diego State University, CA
SDSU Grad-Show, Jackson Gallery, CA
2010 B.F.A Clay, Cultural Arts Garden Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Murphy Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Furniture Exhibition, IUPUI Student Center, Indianapolis, IN
Furniture Society Members Gallery, Kresge Building – MIT, Cambridge, MA
2009 Engrained, Cultural Arts Garden Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Broadripple Bungalow Show, Broadripple Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Herron Student Show, Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Galleries, Indianapolis, IN
2101 Ceramic Properties, 3221 College Ave, Indianapolis, IN
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Trajectory of Time, University Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012 1+1=4, Flory Canto Gallery, San Diego, CA
Awards and Honors
2013 CPSFA Dean’s Purchase Award, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Art Council Honorable Mention Award, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2012 SDSU Graduate Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
San Diego Children’s Museum Commission, San Diego, CA
2010 Windgate Graduate Scholarship
Herron School of Art and Design Furniture Scholarship, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Herron School of Art and Design Scholarship, Indianapolis, IN
Representative of Furniture Society at SOFA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juror’s Choice Award Herron Student Show, Indianapolis, IN
Assistantship for Furniture Society Conference
Awarded to lead and help build furniture with design team for Extreme
Home Makeover, Kokomo, IN
2007-2010 Four Year Dean’s List Award, Herron School of Art Design, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Volunteer Sculptor for the Riley Ronald McDonald House
Technical Skills/Software
· Curriculum Design - teaching both how to design curriculums and employ technical skills; creating grading rubrics;
· Casting and mold making for clay, foundry, glass, sculpture, and various materials.
Ceramics - throwing, hand-building, glaze calculus, firing and maintaining kilns
Proficient with material processes in; natural fibers/materials, concrete, metal, foundry, fiberglass, resin, wood, and leather.
Casting and mold making for clay, foundry, glass, sculpture, and various materials.
Modern and traditional knowledge regarding all types of furniture processes and joinery as well as a vast library of ways to structurally deal with asymmetrical joinery, complex construction, and jig making/mold making.
Fluent machine maintenance and repair skills in all areas of art studios, wood shops, sculpture studios, ceramic facilities, and residential housing.
Upholstery and finishing techniques for a plethora of materials within traditional and non-traditional weaving processes.
Boat building and paddle making, from traditional birch bark canoes to modern skin on frame boat construction.
Well versed in traditional crafts such as bow making, arrow making, flint napping, basket weaving, leather work, traditional figure carving, and tool making.
4-Axis 3-D Printing knowledge.
CNC Technology
Rhino
Photoshop
Additional Jobs
2019-2022 Designer/Fabricator, JKramer Studio, Boonville, IN
2014 Designer/Fabricator for Construct Custom Wood and Metal Work, Montpelier, VT
2010-2013 Woodshop technician assistant, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2012-2013 Custom cabinet and furniture maker for artist-designer Chris Flores, San Diego, CA
2011 Designer, fabricator, and installer for Beauty on the Rocks Hair Salon, San Diego, CA
2008-2009 Festool demonstrator and technician, Woodcraft, Indianapolis, IN
2005-2008 Maintenance and equipment technician, WCSC, Boonville, IN
Organizations
2008-2020 Furniture Society Member
2009-2010 Secretary of Herron School of Art and Design Furniture Club