Jeanne Leffingwell

Previous Works and Projects

Bead Sculpture Installations

Beaded Sky Curtain

Beaded Sky Curtain (detail)
unfurling Beaded Sky Curtain outside
Beaded Sky Curtain installation
Beaded Sky Curtain - view from below
Beaded Sky Curtain - side view
Beaded Sky Curtain - side view

Open Volume

beaded sky curtain installation
Open Volume - book made of beaded pages hanging in gallery

Coriolis

Coriolis installed
Coriolis Detail
Coriolis installed

Volume Study

Volume Study

Art Quilts

Art quilt, Parrotgrass

Parrotgrass

Jeanne with Coriolis

Fireweed

quilted panel installation depicting the Tanana River and its tributaries

Crossing the Tanana River and its Tributaries

Tanana River photograph

Reliquary Art Boxes

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Covering Up a Chaotic Inner Life

My first reliquary art box, “Covering Up a Chaotic Inner Life” grew from a not entirely tongue-in-cheek desire to reconcile my meditative practice (beading) with the distractions I felt all around me.

That single journal-like prompt took on a life and series of its own. Working within the limits of a simple 9" x 7" x 6" wooden box, each new project is a self-contained little world of signs and remembrances—of a moment, a challenge, a friendship, a life…

Reliquarya container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept.

front of an art box inside of an art box inside of an art box

Box for Paige

002 - Exterior inside of an art box

Following the Paper Trail

003 - Exterior inside of an art box

Pond Dreams

004- Exterior inside of an art box

Underneath the Huppa

005 - Exterior inside of an art box

Porous Borders

006- Exterior inside of an art box

Waiting Behind the Curtain

007 - Exterior inside of an art box

Glow in the Dark Lagartija

008 - Exterior inside of an art box

Grazing Rights

009 - Exterior inside of an art box

Up the Gangplank

011 - Exterior inside of an art box

Vespers

012 - Exterior inside of an art box

Marching Orders

013 - Exterior inside of an art box

Waiting By the Window

014 - Exterior inside of an art box

La Luna del Pollo

015 - Exterior inside of an art box

Basic Training

100 Mirrors Series

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who's the Fairest One of us All?

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…

When I built the first mirror in this series—the green one—“Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall…” in 1999, it felt like an exploration into a more personal realm. I used colored pencil on paper with leather, wire, glass and ceramic beads. On the back is a poem I wrote at the time, about the ongoing process of aging.

I later realized it was not the first time I had used mirrors; in fact pieces such as “Reflection Study” with mirror shards and “Seeking Serenity” were done 10 and 20 years prior. It was intriguing to find a connecting thread in my own work of which I had been unaware.

I’m still working on the mirrors… though if you count projects I’ve done with students, I’m well over 100.

 

Reflection Study

Reflection Study

Seeking Solitude

Seeking Solitude

To Knit Or Not to Knit

To Knit Or Not to Knit

The Guitarist

The Guitarist

The Drummer

The Drummer

Copper Grill

Copper Grill

Berkeley Dumbs and Berkeley Brights

Berkeley Dumbs & Berkeley Brights

The Unbalanced Quartet: Spring

The Unbalanced Quartet: Spring

The Unbalanced Quartet: Summer

The Unbalanced Quartet: Summer

The Unbalanced Quartet: Fall

The Unbalanced Quartet: Fall

The Unbalanced Quartet: Winter

The Unbalanced Quartet: Winter

Days of the Week

Days of the Week

Roy G Biv Vandal Mirror

Roy G Biv Vandal Mirror

Red Window

Red Window

Rails to Trails

Rails to Trails

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... III

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… III

Earthworms I

Earthworms I

Earthworms II

Earthworms II

Earthworms III

Earthworms III

Blue Maze

Blue Maze

Zig Zag in Green

Zig Zag in Green

Frame with Yellow Zig Zag

Frame with Yellow Zig Zag

JL - Leffingwell Designs

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