JJ (Jessica) Eisfelder

JJ is a potter, printmaker and mother of two amazing little boys. She grew up in Kansas City, where she was able to explore many different kinds of art classes. She took classes at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art as well as the Kansas City Art Institute and eventually moved to Montana to continue her study of art at the University of Montana in Missoula. In 1999, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking and a minor in Ceramics from the University of Montana. In 2001, JJ moved to the country outside of Farmville, Virginia where she has spent the last 20 years making artworks inspired by her natural surroundings.

JJ worked at J Fergeson Gallery in Farmville for its duration and had several solo shows there. She has also worked at Mainly Clay in Farmville, since it opened in 2012, where she helped to develop and teach the one-day pottery classes. JJ started experimenting with clay classes for kids at her son’s preschool in 2016 and the idea for Farmville Clay for Kids began to form. Currently, she teaches clay, printmaking and other crafty classes for kids, families and adults at Red Door 104 and sells her pottery and prints through the Gallery at Red Door 104.