Cicada Symphony Designer jewellery

About

Handcrafted glass jewellery consisting of lampworked glass beads plus cut and kiln fired and cast pieces.

The emphasis this season is on using pure gold and silver leap in my glass beads and also working with ripple dichroic glass.

Story

Conceived in the glorious bushland setting of the Blue Mountains, Australia, surrounded by the intensity of sound from a million cicadas, in 2008 Cicada Symphony Designer Jewellery was born. That same year the Cicada Symphony brand was launched at the prestigious Rosemount Australian Fashion Week and subsequently at the inaugural Sydney Fashion Festival. At the time an expat Kiwi, although now living in the Bay of Islands, Leslie works principally with hot glass – lampworking and kiln-firing – and says “I am inspired by the drama of glass. The factors that influence my work are elusive – more internal than external – but possibly stem from my early travels through Asia and Europe. In my work I try to combine a natural eye for design and colour to capture those influences in a luxurious and tactile form.” With a new range every year Leslie is extending her work to include other interesting, unusual and exciting materials, complemented by her own distinctive glasswork. “My new theme is influenced by the natural environment – like the Gaia Principle where everything is somehow interconnected and mutually dependent. I look for contrasts and similarities to achieve their own harmony. I find it therapeutic and meditative, simple joy in a complex world, and I love the fact that my artwork brings beauty to other people's lives.”