David & Melanie Leppla Works

David & Melanie Leppla

“We always strive to create designs that are technically challenging and personally fulfilling.  We enjoy making pieces of visual interest that are a pleasure to use. We feel use brings honor to the work that we make.”

 

DAVID LEPPLA -

Education

1985   Kent State University, Kent, OH, MFA

1983   Konstfackskolan, Stockholm, Sweden, ITT Fellowship

1982   University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, BS

 

Awards

1993   New Jersey Council for the Arts Grant

1989   Distinguished Artist, New Jersey Council for the Arts Grant

1986   Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship, Millville, NJ

1982   ITT International Fellowship Award, Stockholm, Sweden

 

 

MELANIE LEPPLA -

Education

1986   Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester,

          NY, BFA

Awards

1997   Fellowship Grant, New Jersey Council for the Arts

1996   Fellowship Award, Creative Glass Center of America

1986   Fellowship Award, Creative Glass Center of America

 

Museum Collections

American Craft Museum, New York, NY

Renwick Museum, Washington, DC

Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

Rutgers Collection of Art, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Wheaton American Glass Museum, Millville, NJ