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Project Shifting Atmospheres

by Ali Jeffries

Layered paper art, immersive landscapes and tiny wearable atmospheres, using light, colour

Beeston · Works UK-wide

  • Creative workshop facilitation
  • Jewellery making
  • Interior design & styling

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“**Let the light do the talking.**”

About

I'm Ali Jeffries, an artist, author and former parent-carer who knows how easy it is to spend so much time looking after everyone else that you forget what it feels like to have space for yourself. I wrote *Dear Parent Carer — Things I Know Now I Wish I Knew Then* to share some of what I learnt along the way. That same understanding now finds its way into my art. Through Project Shifting Atmospheres, I explore how the spaces around us affect how we feel. Using intricately layered paper, light, reflection and colour, I create artwork designed to bring moments of calm, connection and wonder into the places where we live, work, rest and care for others. I'm particularly interested in spaces that support carers, but I believe we all need somewhere to pause, breathe and feel a little more human. For me, it's about more than making something beautiful. It's about what beauty can do for the people who encounter it.

What Ali's into

What I'd love to try
  • Collaborative projects
  • Experimenting with new materials and techniques
  • And finding unexpected ways to bring art into everyday space
How I could help
  • Hosting creative workshops
  • Sharing my experience as a self-taught artist
  • Experimenting with layered paper and reflective materials
  • And helping people explore their own creativity. I also brin
  • Storytelling and exploring how our surroundings influence ho
Looking to connect with
  • Artists
  • Makers
  • Photographers
  • Print specialists
  • Interior designers and people who care about creating though
  • Collaborating and seeing where a bit of creative curiosity l

Selected work

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'Gallefrey Falls No More4 photos · point at or tap a photo to look closer

Made for my baby brother's 50th - he is one super Whovian. I wanted to give him somewhere to escape to - a window to another world and imagination made real x

Materials & techniques: The piece is constructed with intricately hand cut and layers paper and real copper on a canvas board

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Where the Light Finds You9 photos · point at or tap a photo to look closer

Where the Light Finds You was created to explore the feeling of being immersed in nature, where light, colour and reflections invite us to pause and lose ourselves for a moment. The piece reflects my belief that we all need spaces that offer a little breathing room, a chance to reconnect and simply be. Created as a 4 × 6 ft folding screen, it was exhibited at the Derbyshire Life Home & Gift Show in September 2026. This piece marks an important step in my exploration of how art can reach beyond the wall and change the way we experience a space.

Materials & techniques: My work begins with paper but extends into reflective surfaces and unexpected materials, using hand-cutting, layering, texture and shadow to recreate the feeling of natural environments.

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Harmony

This was a commission for a Koi lovers 80th. I adore Japanese art in all forms so this was a joy to create.

Materials & techniques: Hand cut and layered paper

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Celestial City4 photos · point at or tap a photo to look closer

I was sat at the table arting when my son said - I need something of yours for my wall, so this was the remedy - it just kinda kept on growing. It was so fun pulling in all the things he loves and adding just a little fantasy twist - this is also a shout out to one of the all time best pieces of BBC drama 'Vincent & The Dr'

Materials & techniques: Hand cut and layered paper

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