Artist Jennifer Weigel enjoys making hand-beaded necklaces and bracelets as a form of meditation. It allows her a chance to escape her thoughts for awhile and just focus on the act of creating something beautiful and individual. She prefers making single strand necklaces and simple jewelry to reflect an everyday elegance rather than making jewelry for a one-time soiree or event. She does, however, produce some multiple strand necklaces and more eclectic pieces to suit those tastes. Most of her necklaces reflect a sort of pattern of ebb and flow, often leading up to a simple semi-precious stone pendant.
   Rarely does artist Jennifer Weigel make the exact same necklace twice since she wants each to hold its own as an independent artwork. She sees each necklace as having its own unique character and prefers not to make multiple necklaces of the same design. She would much rather incorporate one design and several different moods by using different materials in each necklace. She also enjoys manipulating materials in different ways to make a variety of unique necklaces with their own personalities & characteristics. A necklace should be an ultimate reflection of the personality of its wearer, and that, as such a reflection, a necklace should be a one-of-a-kind character.
     Jennifer Weigel also does work based on commissions, for example, in the cases when her clientel has a certain color scheme in mind. She will do the same necklace more than once for certain types of things, such as a series of matching necklaces for bridesmaids in a wedding. However, she prefers not to recreate past designs except for the original necklace owner and is much more likely to elaborate on a new design with a similar mood or focal characteristic.
     She enjoys working with a combination of materials at once, incorporating semiprecious stones, wood, metal, glass, pearls, shell, bone and other beads. Usually, Jennifer tends to work with a combination of semiprecious stones and wood or glass. She makes many of the pendants she incorporates into the necklaces herself; hand-picking polished semi-precious stones from various specialty shops all over St. Louis. Consequently, several pendants incorporate stones not frequently seen in jewelry making. Jennifer also utilizes stones and shells she has found in her travels as pendants.
    Artist Jennifer Weigel tries to price her jewelry reasonably according to affordability. She creates a nice, lasting product at a good price so that many people, who might not otherwise had been able to afford nice, hand-beaded semi-precious gemstone jewelry, can actually afford to purchase a great piece of jewelry artwork. Many of her necklaces range in price from $20 through $60, depending on the time spent creating the piece and the cost of the specific materials involved.
      Jennifer Weigel especially enjoys being able to focus on making nice, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry that reflect the wearer’s mood and that people will look forward to putting on, at a price that they won’t be afraid to wear them.
     Born in Centralia, Illinois, Artist Jennifer Weigel currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri. She has a Bachelor's of Fine Art in Studio Art - Alternative Media from Webster University, St. Louis, MO.

 "Spark" (Left)
A multi-strand necklace
with raw citrine focus

 (Right)
A single-strand necklace
with wood focal beads    

(Left) A single-strand necklace
          with cowrie shell pendant

"Two Women Whose Lives Are Intertwined" (Right)
Multi strand conceptual necklace featuring  menstrual beads
that count hypothetical days through ovulation & menstruation
as a means of celebrating the natural female cycle. This piece
has been donated to the Museum of Menstruation, but there
 are several bracelets along this theme as well, each featuring
different bead combinations.  Said bracelets cost $7 each.
 

 (Left) A single-strand necklace
          with mahogany obsidian focal beads

 

Solo and Small Group Exhibitions:

• En Plein Air, solo exhibition, Washington Avenue Post, St. Louis, MO, November 2008
• Memories, solo exhibition, Provisions Gallery, St. Louis, MO, August – September 2008
• Neck of the Woods, 4-person show, Riverside Gallery, 13 W. Moody, MO, Aug. 2008
• City Life, solo show, St. Louis Development Corporation & Art Saint Louis, MO, 2008
• Point of View, solo exhibition, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO, June – July 2008
• New Media Show, 4-person show, Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO, April - June 2008
• Spring Emerging Artists Show, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago, IL, April – May 2008
• The Road to Mecca, artworks used in set design, COCA & the Orange Girls, MO, 2008
• Cycles, solo wall exhibition, Kenrick Antique Mall, St. Louis, MO, Nov. – Dec. 2007
• Flight Risk, Sustenance performance, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO, August 3, 2007
• Seeking Nihility, solo show, Subterranean Books, University City, MO, Jan. – Mar. 2007
• The Other Side of the Glass, with jurors’ show, Art Saint Louis, 917 Locust St., 2006
• Fleishman-Hillard, private 4-person show through Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2005
• Art Saint Louis, 917 Locust St. Suite. 300, St. Louis, MO 63101: Ongoing involvement with Art Saint Louis. Work in juried exhibitions on a regular basis since 2002. Member since 2003.
• Women’s Caucus for Art – St. Louis chapter: Actively involved in WCA-STL since joining in 2006.
• 3^rd Annual City-Wide Open Studios, the Contemporary, St. Louis, MO, July 20, 2008
• Members Only Exhibition, juried, Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO, July – Aug. 2008
• Darkest Dreams, organized by Aunia Kahn, St. Louis, MO, July 2008
• The Beauty Within, Soulard Art Market Contemporary Gallery, St. Louis, MO, June 2008
• Crammed Organisms, organized by Cranky Yellow Publishing, St. Louis, MO, June 2008
• Paint Webster En Plein Aire, Webster Groves, show: The Riverside Gallery, May 2008
• Mayo, Art Coop at North Taylor in the Central West End, St. Louis, MO, May 2008
• MUNNY show: THE FUTURE!, Star Clipper, University City, MO, April – May 2008
• Naughti-Gras Erotic Art Exhibit, Koken Art Factory, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 26, 2008
• JANUS, Art Coop at North Taylor in the Central West End, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 2008
• Arti Gras, Soulard Art Market Contemporary Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 2008
• Full Circle, ArtDimensions at Jefferson Arms Apartments, St. Louis, MO, Aug. 2007
• Venus Envy, juried, 3001 & 3016 Locust St., St. Louis, MO, April 12 – 14, 2007
• NueVue, Art Coop at Jefferson Underground, St. Louis, MO, Feb. 9 - 11, 2007
• Selections from the Flat Files, the Contemporary, StL, MO, show July – Aug. 2006
• Heavy Petting, 4191 Manchester, St. Louis, MO, September 24, 2005
• Contemporary Women Artists XIII, juror: Judy Chicago, Mad Art & WCA-STL, MO, 2005
• Women: Within the Red Tent, Brentwood Center of Health, StL, MO, June - Sept. 2005
  

See more of Jennifer Weigels art on her website at  http://jenniferweigelart.com

Home    Hours & Location    Contact Us!     Promotions   Recommend this site   Links      FAQ's     Adoptable Animals
Framations Custom Framing & Art Gallery ~ 218 North Main Street ~ St Charles, Missouri 63301
(636)724-8313 Store Phone    ~    (636)724-8310 Store Fax

Powered by shoppingcartsplus.com