Welcome to Leslie B. Grigsby’s Beadwork site.  Leslie creates beadwork sculpture using glass seed beads and thread, sometimes over a wooden core.  Technical assistance, especially regarding woodworking and assembly, generously is provided by Leslie’s husband, Lindsay Grigsby.

Leslie’s designs variously are inspired by science fiction, science fact, the history of art and/or nature.  Her work has been displayed at several East Coast galleries  in the United states and has been included at the Chicago and New York International SOFA exhibitions.

NOTE: To contact me regarding my artwork or if you are interested in carrying my work in your gallery, please leave a comment (these are not publicly posted) or email me at .

2012

• Commission completed.  Egyptian Teapot for The Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta NC  (See “Recent Work – Egyptian Teapot Commission” page on this website.)

2011

• Sculpture joins NASA collection: Rocket Ship 2: Re-Entry (or Monday)
• NASA & Etsy 2010-11 Space Craft Contest: Finalist, 3D artwork category, Rocket Ship 2: Re-Entry (or Monday).  Contest to “celebrate artistic exploration and commemorate the end of the NASA Space Shuttle Program with a creative challenge: Share an original handmade item or work of art inspired by the NASA Space Shuttle Program and space exploration at large.”

2010

• Included on Artist page.  Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia PA (see http://www.snyderman-works.com/artists/leslie-grigsby)
• Commission (in progress).  Egyptian Teapot.  The Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta NC
• Work published.  If You Drink Any More Tea, You’ll Turn Into a Teapot!in Mary Douglas’s “Fiber Finds from the Kamm Teapot Collection” for online Fiberarts magazine (September/October 2010 issue, see http://fiberarts.com/artist-highlight/sept-oct-2010/kamm-teapot-collection.asp).
• Work published. Eclipse Teapot in Kurt Shaw’s “Artists Create Tempests in Teapots Exhibit” for online TRIB LIVE: A&E (Pittsburgh Tribune Review, April 25, 2010, see http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_677691.html).
• Work published: Eclipse Teapot in “Seen: Pittsburgh Gallery Overflows with Teapots” for online GLASS Quarterly Hotsheet (April 2010, see http://blog.glassquarterly.com/2010/04/13/seen-pittsburgh-gallery-overflows-with-teapots/.)
• Exhibited. Turning Point Gallery, Media, PA
• Exhibited. Eclipse Teapot.  The 4th Annual Teapots! Invitational (April-June 2010).  The Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh PA.
• Exhibited. The 4 Elements (Helmet Series).  The 7th International Fiber Biennial (February 2-March 20, 2010; June 2010). Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia.

2009

• Commission.  If You Drink Any More Tea, You’ll Turn Into a Teapot! The Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta NC

2008-09

• Exhibited. Turning Point Gallery, Media, PA

2007

• Exhibited. Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE

2006 – present

• Exhibited. Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
• Exhibited. (Snyderman-Works Galleries) Annual International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art (SOFA). Venues: Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Fall); 57th Street Armory, NYC (Spring)

1999 – present

• Curator of Ceramics & Glass, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE  (other museum experience available on request)

(Below — Leslie & Lindsay with The 4 Elements at opening of 7th International Fiber Biennial (2010),  Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia.