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Jessie Temple
Austin, Texas | 512 917 8688 | jessie.temple@gmail.com | jessietemple.com | @outertemple
Practice
Interdisciplinary artist working across furniture, spatial design, and writing with practice rooted in materials, craft, and the built environment
Skills
Furniture and sculptural design and fabrication; surface intervention and ornamentation; spatial design and construction; drawing; research and writing
Selected Projects & Initiatives
BAAD Company (furniture and caning studio), initiated 2020 – ongoing
Furniture and object-based work exploring contemporary applications of traditional craft techniques including chair caning
Cross Cabin Build & Supply (design-build studio), collaborator, 2020 – 2024
Material-focused architectural work prototyping low-carbon residential projects
Architectural practice, 2005 – present
Residential, retail, civic, and interior projects incorporating materiality, color, sustainability, identity, and spatial experience
Writing practice, 2012 – present
Essays and criticism focused on climate, culture, and the built environment; publications include Dwell, Texas Architect, Architectural Record, and The Architect’s Newspaper
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Road Show, Pint & Plow, Kerrville, TX, 2019
Hopeful Monsters, Pint & Plow, Kerrville, TX, 2017
Group Exhibitions
High Lawn Electric Peacock, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX, 2019
Wherever You Go, There You Are, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX, 2017
Home for Wayward Furniture, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX, 2013
Education
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Three-Month Intensive, 2026
Penland School of Crafts, Spring Intensive, 2019
Workshops: Penland School of Crafts; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Center for Furniture Craftsmanship; Silver River Center for Chair Caning
M.Arch, University of Washington
B.A., Comparative Literature, Hamilton College
Additional
Licensed Architect, State of Texas (#26732)
American Institute of Architects (AIA), Member
Texas Society of Architects, Publications Committee
Technical: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite
Languages: Spanish (advanced)