Jessie Laray Fernandes

photo by Phong Tran

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Professional Work

Alongside my personal practice, I bring over eight years of professional experience in set building, toy design, and content creation for children, developing projects that are tactile, explorative, and rooted in learning through play. I’ve led creative direction, production design, and fabrication for high-impact media, including Nick Jr.’s Toymation videos, Netflix Jr. and Family shorts, and branded content for Indeed and PepsiCo, designing hands-on sets, miniature worlds, and engaging visual experiences. These projects balance fun, accessibility, and education while maintaining a high standard of visual storytelling and craftsmanship.

The Interview Game by Indeed

“Invisible Sigh” Best Move
Video and Editor: Jon Joiner

Collaborative Commissions

My commission work is rooted in conversation, not crowdsourcing. I lead the creative direction while staying closely in dialogue with each client, shaping ideas into cohesive visual work that is both intentional and expressive. The process allows space for exchange and discovery, but is guided by a clear artistic vision and strong sense of craft.

Commissions often become artwork for band merchandise and album releases, book illustrations, invitations, editorial pieces, website assets, apparel, posters, and printed matter of all kinds. Each project is designed to be distinctive, functional, and emotionally resonant—built to live both as an object and as part of a larger narrative.

I also create one-of-a-kind pieces for private spaces: works made simply to exist in a room, to hold atmosphere, memory, or quiet presence. These commissions are slower, more personal, and shaped by subtle dialogue—art meant to be lived with, not marketed.

Worlds I Build

I make worlds—sometimes tiny and handcrafted, sometimes sprawling, moving, or digital—but always with curiosity, emotion, and intention. My work explores emotional landscapes, often musically inspired, reflecting the low tides and high tides of life. I work in oil, pastel, ink, digital illustration, and mixed-media sculpture, creating album artwork, book illustrations, invitations, prints, installations, and experimental pieces. My process is often a stream of consciousness, adapting to the project, the commissioner’s input, or the mood of the moment.

Cassie Workman is Witchy AF
by Anarchist United

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Traveling & Community

In 2025, I spent time in Kobe, Japan as an Artist-in-Residence through AiRK (Artist in Residency Kobe), collaborating with local creatives, exploring materials, and connecting with diverse artistic communities. The program and my work were featured in Forbes Japan, and I went on to present a solo exhibition, SleepwaxXing, displaying over 13 handcrafted pieces. That experience reinforced my belief that art thrives when it is compulsory in spirit and shared in experience, not just created in isolation. Across projects, I seek to engage viewers, collaborators, and communities, building bridges through tactile, imaginative, and emotive work.