Chelsea Witt

Chelsea Witt is an artist and educa­tor working in both wood and ink. Currently based in New Jersey, Chelsea has a sculp­ture degree from the Univer­sity of South Florida and is a grad­u­ate of the Furni­ture Inten­sive at the Center for Furni­ture Crafts­man­ship. Chelsea has worked for and studied with artist/​makers such as Alexis Dold, Tyler Hays, Christina Boy, Aaron Fedarko, Tim Rousseau, and David Upfill-Brown. Chelsea has taught at Penland School of Craft, Haystack Moun­tain School of Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft and the Center for Furni­ture Crafts­man­ship. Chelsea currently teaches 3D design and wood­work­ing at Moorestown Friends School and works for both the Furni­ture Society and A Work­shop of Our Own. 

“My prior­ity when teach­ing is to include the excluded and push the bound­aries of ​“the norm” in a wood­shop. My prior­ity as an artist is to explore and push the bound­aries of emotional and mental health.”