About me Stephanie Leisering
Background
I have always been in love with art and was very much influenced by a handful of my family members. My dad is a comic book writer, my mom is a quilter who has been sewing her whole life, and I have an aunt who was a ceramicist and art teacher, so I was always encouraged to explore and make art.
In 2016 I started showing and selling my artwork at local art events in the Fox Valley area and I opened an Etsy shop. I joined several local Quilt Guilds and artist groups over the years trying to find where I most fit in. I have had some of my works up in shows at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, The Wisconsin Winter Quilt Show, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, The Trout Museum of Art, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, and I had my own show at the Langdon Divers Gallery at the Fond du Lac Public Library. In 2022 I had a mini quilt selected to be a part of The Graffiti Cherrywood Challenge that traveled throughout the US and Canada for all of 2023.
In 2022 I was hired to work as a Library Assistant at my local libraries' makerspace, The Idea Studio. My job there is to teach and educate patrons how to use the various pieces of equipment and machine that we have for people to use for free. I also plan and teach other types of art-based clubs, from printmaking, mixed media and other creative projects. I am also there to help guide and aid people as they make and create projects in the space.
Medium and Inspiration
I really like to incorporate recycling and reusing discarded or unwanted materials into my work, and that's why I use Funky Remnants as my moniker. I hope to transform something often overlooked and tossed out into something that speaks to use on a creative, artistic level. Most of the fabric, paper ephemera and art supplies that I incor
I really like to incorporate recycling and reusing discarded or unwanted materials into my work, and that's why I use Funky Remnants as my moniker. I hope to transform something often overlooked and tossed out into something that speaks to use on a creative, artistic level. Most of the fabric, paper ephemera and art supplies that I incorporate or use to make my works are mostly sourced from local thrift and secondhand shops or were things that have had since I was a child. To me no scrap, fabric remnant or trinket is too small for any project.