Leslie Hunter-Webb

I am inspired by the drama of glass. My work is possibly influenced by extensive early travels through Asia and Europe. Through glass I can channel a natural eye for design and colour, capturing those influences in a luxurious and tactile form. I lampwork and kiln fire numerous types of glass with a special love of 'funky' Dichroic with its wonderfully spectacular colours and dramatic reaction to firing. A New Zealander by birth but now settled in the Australian Blue Mountains where I am co-founder and current CEO of the Blue Mountains Artists Company.

I import most of my glass and all of my jewellery 'findings' from around the world. I love the thrill of the chase in discovering and incorporating these 'findings' into my work in much the same way as I loved shell and pebble hunting on the beaches of New Zealand as a child. Most of all I love the fact that my artwork brings beauty to other people's lives.

In early 2008 I was selected to participate in Rosemount Australian Fashion Week and in August 08 I was again selected to participate in the inaugural Sydney Fashion Festival.  In 2009 I was invited to participate in the Dubai Fashion Fiesta.

Woodlands Studio which I share with my husband, Vic, is open to the public by appointment or on the 4th Sunday of the month as part of the Blue Mountains Artists Studio Trail.   The address is 25 Nelson Avenue, Wentworth Falls in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales.