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Drevas
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Jeanne challenged herself to make as “large and mussive” a piece as possible for the space. With this goal, the installation required a great deal of pre-planning and the help of seven volunteers, including Jeanne’s sister Nina (who has assisted with almost every Drevas installation) and her husband Carl. Jeanne also had the help of a Wakefield student, Jon Peters. “It was so great to have someone so young helping,” said Drevas who noted that Peters has crafted his own cardboard installations.
Using split bamboo, fine mesh netting, plastic ties, loblolly pine needles and gravity, the Ovoid curves away from you from every vantage point. Seeing light dissipate down the length of millions of pine needles is both stunning and magical.
Jeanne Drevas has lived in the mountains of Rappahannock County since 1972. Her life’s work has been her house, which she built using trees reaching through and supporting the frame, rush ceilings, and bamboo walls. She started out as a potter, and has danced with Sally Nash’s Last Minute Wood Company. Jeanne now feels at home here, after traveling
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