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| Original Belly Works |
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1.866.94.BELLY |
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1.866.942.3559 |
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770.716.9445 |
Fax: |
770.716.9451 |
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info@originalbellyworks.com |
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| TESTIMONIAL |
"I want to congratulate you on a great business idea. You have helped our family create such a wonderful, lasting memory. Although this is my second child, I was really glad you were able to duplicate my belly cast. Now both of my children will have a sculpture of their pregnant mommy. Not only did I have the opportunity to come up with a design for one sculpture, I was able to make sure Kyle's passion for trains was displayed. I wish you and your business well in the future. Your care and concern for each design is unmatched. Thank you for allowing me to take part in the design process. It was great bouncing ideas off of you."
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Melissa Waters
Fayetteville, GA |
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| We are a Team of Creativity & Ingenuity..... |
Tisha DeShields |
| Founder and Creator of Original Belly Works |
| Contact: tisha@originalbellyworks.com |
This accomplished mother of four conceived her idea for this unique business when she was
pregnant with her fourth child. Awestruck by the beauty and promise of a pregnant woman’s
form, artist Tisha DeShields conceived Original Belly Works while pregnant herself. She
realized that no gift could be more poignant than providing the expectant mother a way to
preserve the splendor of pregnancy. While designing the sculpture, she realized that she
wanted to immortalize the same memory for each of her children. She began to research the
possibility of producing a copy of her pregnant form. In so doing, the idea to offer this
creation to all mothers was born. |
"Millennium mother and business woman with her creativity, grace, business savvy, and ingenuity" |
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| Along with offering a belly casting kit, OBW offers a
prefabricated fiberglass sculpture to mothers by surrogacy and adoption. Tisha is delighted
to see that her creativity and business background has birthed such a unique business. |
Tisha currently has three patents and Original Belly Works is the only business of its kind
offering the fiberglass sculpture. In her quest for launching a successful business, Tisha
attended NxLevel Education Foundation, a focused course enabling entrepreneurs to elevate
to the next level and launch a business. Prior to her career as Mom, she attended the
University of Tennessee/ Knoxville on a full track and field athletic scholarship (1989-1991),
majoring in Elementary Education. She left UT after marrying her then MLB player (1990)
husband. She continued her education and changed her major to Business Marketing
/Management at Northwood University, a business school, in West Palm Florida (1995-1996).
Tisha DeShields portrays the image of the successful new Millennium mother and business woman with her creativity, grace, business savvy, and ingenuity. |
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Monica Polo |
| Sales and Advertising of Original Belly Works |
| Contact: monica@originalbellyworks.com |
| Monica Polo is the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Original Belly Works. Among many of her achievements, Monica was in the fashion industry for over 15 years as a professional runway model. As a spokes model and tradeshow commentator, she gained valuable insight to the many facets of the industry and business. She has parlayed her collective experience to work on the “other side” of production and has been successful in the marketing, promotional and public relations arenas. Her eloquence, finesse with numbers, literary skills, and ability to communicate concepts and knowledge of business development make her an asset to Original Belly Works. |
"When she met Tisha DeShields, they quickly became friends. They both shared a common affinity and love of art." |
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Monica currently resides in Atlanta with her seven year old daughter. When she met Tisha DeShields, they quickly became friends. They both shared a common affinity and love of art. The beauty of motherhood and Tisha’s creativity and desire to capture and share the beauty of the pregnant form sparked a mutual vision. Monica’s abilities in Marketing and Public Relations paired with her knowledge of Business Development, made the way for
the two friends to build a business relationship.
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Monica has worked with business development, corporate identity, tradeshow development, and PR campaigns for the likes of CNN, Turner Broadcasting, World Airways, Dove, HP,
and TwinLabs. She further developed her skills as an independent contractor to
several startup companies. With her vision, panache, eloquence, and talent she is
sure to continue to be an integral component in the success of Original BellyWorks.
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Jonnice Slaughter |
| Marketing and Public Relations of Original Belly Works |
| Contact: jonnice@originalbellyworks.com |
| Jonnice Slaughter is the Director of Marketing
and Public Relations for Original Belly
Works. Among many of her achievements,
Jonnice founded ChatterBox Publicity in 2005 and continued to work indie artists and projects. Her first major client outside of the music industry was Nik, of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5. By January of 2006, ChatterBox Publicity had landed the PR campaigns for two of the biggest events of Super Bowl weekend, Super Bowl Unplugged featuring the Fugees, John Legend, and Kanye West and Diddy's House Celebrity Super Bowl Bash. 2006 was already shaping up to be a record-breaking year for ChatterBox Publicity with the major Super Bowl accounts. By the beginning of fourth quarter, the firm was responsible for the PR campaigns of the 2006 Atlanta HipHop Film Festival and the 2006 Global Mixx DJ Retreat in Chicago. Both events drew national attention with A-list celebrity support and top-tier media, such as BET’s Black Carpet, Extra!, Entertainment Tonight, Rolling Out, Playboy Magazine, among others. By fourth quarter of 2006, in addition to a year of successful campaigns, CBP celebrated their first international account, United Kingdom rapper, Sway, at the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards, where he won Best UK Rapper. Testaments of CBP’s diligent resolve to increase their clients’ exposure were the prompt contract renewals for the 2007 Super Bowl Celebrity events (hosted by P. Diddy), the 2007 Global Mixx, and Jam Sports, which produces the annual Super Bowl sanctioned celebrity basketball game Gridiron Hoops. |
" Jonnice recently repositioned her firm to be the leading minority-owned Social Media and Public Relations Firm to cater to small businesses and entrepreneurs." |
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| I started PR to focus soley on music publicity but through referrals and relationships, I expanded my services to facilitate the PR needs of so many other industries that are indirectly related to the music business,” says Jonnice. Her current clientele represent industries in music, sports, technology, internet, fashion, film, event planning, art, non-profit and community out-reaches. “Everything happens when God wants it to happen. He knows when you are ready, so I wait and will continue to wait on his direction," resolves Jonnice. |
| Once again following in His direction, Jonnice recently repositioned her firm to be the leading minority-owned Social Media and Public Relations Firm to cater to small businesses and entrepreneurs. After signing such clients as Fan Force, an internet marketing firm and celebrity entertainment news blogger, Necole Bitchie, it was clear that Jonnice had a new interest in social media and PR’s responsibility to offer and monitor it for their clients. So after attending the Blogging While Brown conference in 2008 with a client, Jonnice officially announced her company’s new business direction. Shortly there after, her new strategy was demonstrated with the signing of the Denver 5 and the Black Weblog Awards. |
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Grace Kisa |
| Artist/Designer of Original Belly Works |
| Grace Kisa a native of Nairobi, Kenya has maintained her burning desire for visual arts. She first began to pursue her passion in 1988 where she received her Associates degree in Art from f the Art Institute of Atlanta. School was only the tip of the iceberg for Grace as she saw a better way to expose her crafts. She began participating in solo Exhibitions such as the Substance of Nature (Atlanta GA), Something Special (Potomac Maryland), Saturday Afternoon (Richmond Virginia), Duo (Atlanta GA), Reverie (Potomac, Maryland), and Art’s Alive (Atlanta Georgia). She later graduated to group exhibitions where she presented fascinating artwork at Art Walk Sobu (Atlanta Georgia), International Month of Women (Philadelphia Pennsylvania), Individual Visual Artist Coalition (Atlanta Georgia), Points of Entry-Conflicts (Atlanta Georgia), Black History Month (Atlanta Georgia), Art in the Dark (Washington D.C.), Annual African America Exhibition and a series of other groups shows in the Atlanta area. |
"Grace’s work became so renowned that it catapulted her into the direction guest artist and lecturer" |
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| Grace’s work became so renowned that it catapulted her into the direction guest artist and lecturer where she gave live consultative like presentations to aspiring artists at High Museum of Folk Art and Photography Galleries and Morehouse College. |
| Grace’s permanent collections include Southwest Hospital (Atlanta Georgia), Hartsfield International Airport (Atlanta Georgia), Hartsfield International Airport (Atlanta Georgia), V-103 Corporate Offices, Steed Media Group Corporate Offices, Upscale Magazine Corporate Offices, and the Art Center (Stone Mountain Georgia). |
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Maurice Evans |
| Artist/Designer of Original Belly Works |
Within a few brief years, Maurice Evans has established himself as on of the best in the field of Black Art. His work has delighted countless collectors of African-American art. Heavily influenced by music, his series of paintings entitled, "The Colour of Jazz", although contemporary, tends to remind the viewer of a time when jazz was paramount. No matter the subject or whether the works are executed on paper, wood or canvas - the texture, intense colors, strong emotion and unusual, exaggerated perspectives, are what define a Maurice Evans painting. |
"The texture, intense colors, strong emotion and unusual, exaggerated perspectives, are what define a Maurice Evans painting." |
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| Maurice was born in the small town of Smyrna, Tennessee, on the now now-existent Sewart Air Force Base. He is the only child of Roy L. Evans, a retired Air Force Sergeant, and music. His mother, Susie M. Evans, is an elementary school teacher and writer. Recognizing his talents at a very tender age, his parents, teachers, and peers immediately encouraged his interest in art. At fourteen, Maurice landed his first professional art job as a freelance artist for a commercial art firm in Griffin, Georgia. |
| Maurice was later given a scholarship to attend the Art Institute of Atlanta. During his first year, Maurice discovered that commercial art was too restricting - not always allowing the artist enough freedom to express his creative side. This prompted his switch to fashion illustration, which would later prove to be a pivotal point in this young artist's career. Elongation of the human figure, movement, and exaggeration are heavily used in fashion illustration to give clothing design a grandiose feeling. This distortion of the human body soon became a major part of his artistic style. Recognizing Maurice's talent, Patrick Kelly, a top fashion designer offered to help in his career and encouraged the young artist to move to New York. Unfortunately, this move was halted due to Kelly's untimely death. Months later Maurice graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta with honors and Best of Class awards, with an Associates Degree in Fashion Illustration. |
Because of the dying market of fashion illustration, the next few years would prove to be a testing period. Lack of confidence would prevent him from moving to New York or Los Angeles, which was the most natural move for most artists. The Atlanta market would force Maurice back into commercial art and then later, medical illustration. Having been able to venture into a variety of art fields proved to be interesting, but stressful, and left his passion for self-expression still unfulfilled. |
"What do I have to offer as an artist that is unique?" This led him to take old and new painting techniques. |
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| An encounter with ex-classmate, Grace Kisa, would prove to be a much needed turning point in Maurice's career. Grace encouraged Maurice to try his hand in the Fine Art field by seeking employment with a fine art distribution company for whom she worked. The job proved to be very challenging, forcing him to dig deeper as an artist than he had ever done before. For the next three years, the exposure to a variety of artists with their diverse artistic backgrounds, proved to be one of the best experiences for Maurice. The presence of accomplished artists with their own artistic identity caused Maurice to ask himself, "What do I have to offer as an artist that is unique?" This led him to take old and new painting techniques and infuse them with his fashion background to make his artistic interpretation unique. |
| At the end of his term with this company, Maurice had grown as much as he could creatively within the parameters that were set by his employers. The restrictions placed on him limited his use of color as well as limit concerning subject matter, to name a few. He then tried working for another distributor only to be faced with the same restrictions. This led to his solo climb to the top! |
He was then commissioned by the Bureau of Cultural Affairs for the Official 1994, Atlanta Jazz Festival poster. Soon afterwards, his debut at the 1994 National Black Arts Festival caused an unquestionable sensation...a star was born! |
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| Premiering with the "Colour of Jazz" series of painting, the use of unconventional materials in conventional formats, was something yet unseen in the fine Black Art market. With this series, Maurice breathed new life into a subject a dynamic as Jazz. A form of music that is one of the few things totally unique to the American culture as a whole, and has had an impact on music and people around the world. Maurice, being a musician himself, has brought his depth and insight of the jazz experience to his paintings. With it he gives the viewer the unique opportunity of experiencing the painting not merely as an on looker, but as a participant. So vibrant are the colors, so strong the movement, so varied the textures, that the viewer is compelled to get involved, often reaching out to touch the painting in order to garner a better understanding. |
So whether you are enjoying the seductive songstress, a compelling bassist or a riotous quintet, the passion in his works cannot be missed, denied and/or forgotten. The same can be said of all his works from his abstracts, to still lifes and real life. The artist approaches these paintings with the same passion expressing his versatility with style |
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