Hope Makes Art

Hope has been a working artist for many years recently re-focusing on her first love, ceramics. She has a background in graphic design, marketing, illustration, art direction, and product design. She holds a BFA in Art & Graphic Design. Hope currently serves as the Director of the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio and has worked as an Art Director at Bittersweet, Inc., a Graphic Designer for Sauder Woodworking, an instructor for Defiance College and a Toy Designer for Ohio Art. She continues to freelance in the targeted greeting card business, illustrating veterinary reminder cards. She has designed commercial ceramic music boxes, mugs and other tableware which were distributed in both domestic and international giftware industries. Her current work includes hand-carved pottery, kinetic sculpture made from found and natural objects, creating eclectic lighting from ceramics and repurposed found objects, and painting.