If you follow along on my Instagram feed, you’ve seen a lot of my posts are from my explorations in nature. I truly believe that you need exploration for inspiration, and for me, hiking, road trips and time spent in nature is crucial to my inspiration of what I make in the studio. If you don’t follow my Instagram feed, here’s a few things you missed from our road trip from Santa Cruz to Portland for NCECA 2017.
![Inspiration through Exploration | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture](https://www.jenniward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_1846.jpg)
![Inspiration through Exploration | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture](https://www.jenniward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_1763.jpg)
![Inspiration through Exploration | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture](https://www.jenniward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_1777.jpg)
![Inspiration through Exploration | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture](https://www.jenniward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_1783.jpg)
![Inspiration through Exploration | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture](https://www.jenniward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_1925.jpg)