Dr Leslie Matthews

Leslie Matthews is Studio Head of Jewellery and Metal in the South Australian School of Art. Leslie has been a practicing contemporary jeweller and object maker for over 20 years and has exhibited consistently in group and solo shows, locally, nationally and internationally. Research Statement The imagery I reference in the creation of my work relates to the human anatomy and the sculptural forms of bones. The themes connected to the work are ones such as cultural dislocation and familial history, as well as an interconnecting overlay of personal narrative/story telling through memory. In the creation of my work the choice of materials predominantly are sterling silver and bronze, using fabrication, metalsmithing and lost wax casting techniques. img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/021small.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Neckpieces, 2005/06, Sterling silver and silk cord ‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Neckpieces, 2005/06, Sterling silver and silk cord and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/025small.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Brooches, 2005/06 Sterling silver ‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Brooches, 2005/06 Sterling silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/011small.jpg" width="500" height="321" alt="‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Brooches, 2005/06, Sterling silver ‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Brooches, 2005/06, Sterling silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/022small.jpg" width="500" height="328" alt="‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Brooches, 2005/06, Sterling silver ‘When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath’, Brooches, 2005/06, Sterling silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/026small.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="‘Scapula Vessels’, 2005, Sterling silver ‘Scapula Vessels’, 2005, Sterling silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/013small.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="‘Scapula Vessels’, 2007, Sterling silver ‘Scapula Vessels’, 2007, Sterling silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/004small.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="‘Scapula Vessels’, 2006, Sterling silver ‘Scapula Vessels’, 2006, Sterling silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/001small.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="‘Scapula Vessels’, 2006, Bronze ‘Scapula Vessels’, 2006, Bronze and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/014small.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="‘Scapula Vessels’, 2006, Sterling Silver ‘Scapula Vessels’, 2006, Sterling Silver and img border="0" src="http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/art/LeslieMatthews/029small.jpg" width="500" height="326" alt="‘My Splendors, are Menagerie’, 2006, Sterling silver ‘My Splendors, are Menagerie’, 2006, Sterling silver and

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia

• Master of Visual Art University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Design (Jewellery and Metal Smithing) South Australian College of Advanced Education