Bio

Leslee Frumin, a bead and metal artist from San Juan Capistrano, California teaches off-loom bead weaving as well as metal/jewelry techniques. She has been teaching for a number of years and truly enjoys it.

Leslee's passion for all the colors and textures made possible by the marriage between beads, metals and stones keeps her excited. She fabricates clasps and connectors and often sets semi-precious stones to enhance the design. Her art jewelry pieces are one of a kind. Leslee has won awards for some of her combination bead and metal projects.

Colossal Bling Ring
photo: Hap Sakwa

Leslee Frumin

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– Swarovski Elements Ambassador

Exhibitions

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Birmingham, Michigan

Faculty Shows 2000--2002
Student Juried Shows 2000-2002

award for "Lady of the Lake" 2000

(evening bag-fabricated sterling purse frame with beaded bag)

award for "Deco Decadence" 2002

(bracelet-fabricated clasp with bead woven cuff)

Saddleback College

Mission Viejo, California
More Than Metal Show 2003
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit 2004

award for "Kahuna Cuff"

(bracelet-fabricated clasp with bead woven cuff)
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit 2005

"Spring Has Spring" (necklace with unakite donut, 5 peridot stones set in sterling and fine silver)
Annual Juried Art Exhibit 2008 "Peaches and Plums Gone Wild" (cuff-fused clasp and freeform bead woven bracelet.)

Bead Dreams 2005
Bead and Button Show
Milwaukee, WI
"Kahuna Cuff"

Presentations:

San Diego Bead Society
"Designing From Concept To Completion" September 2011

Great Lakes Beadworker's Guild

"The Artist's Journey: The Goals We Choose and Paths Taken"

March 2010

Hawaii Stitchery & Fibre Arts Guild
"Wearable Art" August 2008

Greater New York Bead Society
"Designing from Concept to Completion", April 2008

Great Lakes Bead Workers Guild
"Managing Dual Careers", March 2008

Web Design: Lena Frumin

Guest TV Appearance

DIY (Do It Yourself)

Jewelry Show Episode DJMK 108

Publications

"Bold, Beautiful Buttons"

Bead and Button Magazine

October 2007

“Forged Leaf Brooch”

Art Jewelry Magazine

May 2007

“Purple Anemone”

Beadwork Magazine

June/July 2007

"Putting On The Ritz"
Beadwork Magazine
February/March 2007

"Totally Tubular"
Art Jewelry Magazine
March 2006

"Floral Finish"

Bead and Button Magazine
June 2005

"Link to the Past"

Art Jewelry Magazine
Jan. 2005

"Rock Garden Cuff"

Bead and Button Magazine
Oct 2003