2008 Minnesota Stair Fair
Blue Ribbon: Creative Arts Category winner
leaded stained glass
Artwork: Splitrock Shadows
Media Award.
2008 Media Award - St. Paul Art Crawl.
Best in Show.
2007 Mabel Tainter Fine Arts & Crafts Faire.
Best in Show - Honorable Mention.
2006 Minnesota Crafts Festival - Minnesota
Crafts Council.
“Fresh takes on a timeless design …
Josephine Geiger. Leaded glass “Pines”
abstract mosaic by this St. Paul artist ...
Custom [leaded glass] mosaics available at
612-964-6081, www.jageigerstudio.com”
Ford, Alyssa. “Origins: Nouveau
Niche.” Midwest Home. April 2007: 36.
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Imagine a landscape: a forest of brilliant fall colors, a mountain stream surrounded by towering pines, a quiet stand of
aspen, or a waterfall frozen in time by the chilling winter temperatures. Now imagine that these shades of nature,
recreated in glass and assembled as if seen through a fractured lens, create an abstract landscape dancing with color.
Artistic inspiration is derived from infinite sources. I have been inspired by something as mundane as a TV commercial
and as lofty as a masterpiece by the father of Impressionism. Inspiration results from a simple conversation about a
travel destination, sun-rays illuminating a lone pine, or even the glitter of a broken bottle on the street. Fascinated by
the impressions of beauty abstracted from life and experience, I create art that will last for generations.
My classical inspiration arises from my love of architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Arts & Crafts Movement to the
Impressionists and even crazy quilts. The Arts & Crafts Movement embodied the aesthetic values of fine art with
uncompromising quality craftsmanship culminating in functional yet beautiful design. Wright’s clean architectural lines
and innovation in art glass formed another major influence on my work. His windows were described as light screens,
framing the external view while simultaneously creating a greatly enhanced living space. The Impressionists, renowned
for the use of light and intricate brush strokes, framed an impression of a landscape rather than a realistic mirrored
version. With their erratic shapes and colors, crazy quilts created heirlooms from cherished fabric remnants. Structure,
design and quality craftsmanship form the backbone of my art, while the color balance and play of light & pattern create
the essence.
Employing the traditional leaded art glass techniques, from choosing and cutting each piece of glass, fitting the lead,
copper & zinc cames, soldering all of the joints, cementing the panel for stability to finally hanging the landscape to let
the light shine through, I maintain a strict adherence to quality. Continually challenge myself to push the envelope of
design, I incorporate unusual materials such as copper mesh or a unique glass and frequently mix techniques to add
depth an.d texture. My signature, written in copper and fused between layers of glass, is placed in all of my work;
sometimes hidden, and sometimes as an accent to the composition. Unlike conventional stained glass which cartoons
an image with line and color – beautiful in the simplicity of a paint by number drawing - my art panels create an
abstract collage which at first glance appear as a myriad palette of color and elusive form, and upon closer examination
are revealed to be a landscape.
I call them Landscape Mosaics.
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