Just wanted to show off my new and improved website. The other one has been down since early January so I'm glad to have it up and running. Thanks to Mark Goodall for the new design and hosting services! What a treat to just sit back and let him do all the work :) Thank you, thank you Mark!
I'm not affiliated with Mark in anyway other than a very happy customer...but you can find out more about his site building and hosting services at www.woodworkergallery.com
Some of your work is truely fabulous. I particularly enjoyed the bowls. My sight isn't as super as your site, as I have trouble reading the black lettering on the green background. I'm wondering if I am the only one effected that way.
>... needs a better name header that is more visable. The black on dark background lacks impact- in advertising we called it "the grabber effect," meaning it should jump out and grab your attention. I don't know how to do it, maybe a lighter background box or outlined letters, but it would be an improvement for name recognition.
>Very impressive Jen. It's been a while since I looked at any of your work and I'm stunned. Gosh, I remember when you were talking about buying your first lathe back in the days of the Pond. Great photos of some really great work. Congratulations!!!!
>The distance you have covered since 1999 is amazing and frankly deflates me a bit in view of the distance I have NOT covered in a greater time period. Your work is beautiful and the website is well organized.
One minor suggestion: when I decide from one glance at the thumbnails that I want to see everything full size, it would be nice to be able to scroll directly from one large picture to the next without having to go back to the thumbnails.
>Great site, Beautiful work, Jennifer. Which channel do you work for? My wife and I were looking at some of your work awhile back and I told her you worked for an Indy station. I know you told me at Ray's, but my memory fails (often).
Wow, I also had no idea you were doing such beautiful work - and only since 1999. Amazing, amazing, amazing!! Very nice pics and the web site loaded fast even on my dial-up connection. The full sized pics also loaded fast. And it is an easy site to navigate around. I thought the colors were quite pleasant to look at. I agree that your name needs a little more "punch" to show up better; don't be so modest 8-). Thanks for posting and congrats to Mark for doing some nice work for you.
>Jamie may well be right about GRABBING attention, but I never thought of you as being a "grabby" sort of person, Jennifer. Things that want to 'grab' my attention are things that I shun when I can. Prolly why I shun most of television these days. I much prefer to have my intellect (such as it is) aroused and my mood elevated. In my opinion, the low color tones that you used have a very soothing and appealing effect that makes the work stand out even more.
Your work is too beautiful to be treated coarsely. You have accomplished a great deal since the General invaded your studio. Seems like only last summer you were at Sophie's being converted away from flat work.
And, Weston's 14 already? How'd that happen? He'll be off to college before you know it.
Thanks for telling us about your new site and for showing us your work.
>that I too have problems reading pages like that But, heck, if any one paid any attention to my needs much of the beauty would be lost. I really should be on an old folks home not reading web pages.(G)
>I like the site very much. It's neat, clean and easy to navigate.
Before the spammers have a chance, please change your contact link to avoid a mailto: This is the tag that many spammers bots search for to extract addresses.
You could easily create an ASP page, or ASP function that hides your email address and yet still allows the user to click on the link.
Your work is wonderful and I'm glad it's on display.
