What most people see as sharp, dangerous fencing, internationally recognized sculptor Bernadette Jestrabek-Hart sees as grace, motion, and breathtaking realism.
Her powerful first book, Creating Realistic Works of Art with Barbed Wire, is not just an art manual, it is a revelation. Now gaining national attention, the book is officially being endorsed to the Writers Guild of America (WGA), marking a major milestone in Jestrabek-Harts artistic journey.
Turning Barbed Wire Into Beauty
For 32 years, Jestrabek-Hart mastered the unforgiving mediums of steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and barbed wire transforming them into birds in flight, powerful wildlife, monumental school mascots, intimate garden pieces, and fine jewelry.
Her sculptures have been collected worldwide. In 2010, she was co-awarded the prestigious Caldwell Fine Arts Excellence in Fine Arts Award for the Great Blue Heron at Indian Creek in Caldwell, Idaho, the first time in the awards 48-year history it was presented to a metal sculptor.
But in 2011, after shoulder replacements ended her ability to hammer metal, Bernie refused to let physical limitation silence her creativity.
She reinvented herself.
A Studio in Assisted Living A Legacy Still Expanding
Now residing at Brookdale Scotts Valley Senior Living in California, where she serves as Chairman of the Residents Association, Jestrabek-Hart continues creating her living room transformed into a fabric studio.
Using innovative treatments such as Powertex, Paverpol, and Belzona (a molecular metal coating), she creates fabric sculptures that look and feel like forged metal even suitable for outdoor display.
Her recent works include:
● An 11-foot wingspan red-tailed hawk for Indian Trail High School in Kenosha, WI ● A blue-and-gold hawk for Wyandot Middle School in Clinton Township, MN ● Over 300 pencil portrait drawings of fellow residents, capturing what she calls their inner glow
Her motto remains simple and fearless:
You imagine it and I will work with you to create it.
The Book That Teaches the Impossible
Creating Realistic Works of Art with Barbed Wire is an explicit, step-by-step tutorial sharing Jestrabek-Harts personal techniques for sculpting with one of the most unconventional mediums in fine art.
This is not a theory.
This is living mastery.
The book has already sold worldwide through her website and continues to inspire artists who want to break boundaries and transform unlikely materials into meaningful works.
More Than an Artist A Movement
Jesrabek-Harts second book, Finding Beauty in Devastation, documented the haunting beauty she discovered after a devastating 2010 studio fire further proving her lifelong philosophy: beauty exists everywhere, even in destruction.
Today, despite physical challenges, she continues to teach, mentor, and inspire.
I also love sharing this vision, she says, by teaching others to be able to create their own ideas.
A Monumental New Release: Creations 19602024
Now, Jestrabek-Hart unveils her most comprehensive work to date:
Creations 19602024 by Bernie Jestrabek-Hart
Just published, this extraordinary 516-page volume is a complete record of her artistic legacy spanning more than six decades.
The book documents every known creation from 1960 through 2024, featuring photographs of each piece alongside personal reflections explaining how and why each sculpture came into being.
This is more than a catalog. It is a lifetime in art.
From early experiments to monumental public installations, from metal to fabric, from resilience to reinvention, Creations 19602024 stands as a historic archive of vision, evolution, and unwavering creative spirit.
For collectors, historians, artists, and admirers of fine sculpture, this volume offers an unprecedented look inside the full scope of Jestrabek-Harts artistic journey.
About Bernadette Jestrabek-Hart
A graduate of Boise State University, Jestrabek-Hart has sculpted in diverse styles and scales from monumental landmarks to delicate jewelry. Her work celebrates wildlife, humanity, resilience, and transformation.
She currently lives in Scotts Valley, California, close to her sons and grandchildren, continuing to create daily.
Learn more at: https://sculptures-by-bjh.com/aboutbernie/
Media & Endorsement Information
Creating Realistic Works of Art with Barbed Wire is now available and actively being endorsed to the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
For interviews, feature stories, speaking engagements, or artistic collaborations, inquiries may be directed through the authors official website.
When others saw barbed wire she saw wings and now shes teaching the world to see them too.
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