Chattral Leland
Chattral Leland
BIO
Chattral Leland was born in Mullumbimby, Australia and is a Byron Bay based artist with a classic and feminine approach to jewellery. Through the use of both traditional and contemporary materials her delicate jewellery works are elegant and timeless. Chattral employs only the finest quality precious and semi-precious gemstones and materials for her designs.
Chattral Leland has been creating beaded, wire and silversmith jewellery since 1994. After living and working in the United States for several years, she has returned home to Australia, where her work continues to expand and evolve.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I love design, colour and composition. I love using my hands and making something that is practical, and functional. At an early age I had quite and extensive collection of ethnic beads including some gorgeous pre-Columbian pieces that my father had given me from his travels. This was the beginning my -fiddling' with beads and gems, so to speak.
I started silver smithing in 1994, while in high school in Sarasota Florida where I got my first taste of practical jewellery design and creation. Since that time I have always made some kind of jewellery, and recently have focussed on beaded wire work. I primarily work with 14k rolled gold and 14k solid gold, although I sometimes go back to my silver roots.
Each pair of earrings or necklace is a compilation of the mood I'm in, the composition of colours while I squint my eyes and capture the full image of a potential creation and offcourse the tactile manipulation of wire.
Jewellery is, and has always been a constant in my life and I have many dreams and visions for the future.
EDUCATION
1999 | Bachelor of Applied Science
Chattral Leland was born in Mullumbimby, Australia and is a Byron Bay based artist with a classic and feminine approach to jewellery. Through the use of both traditional and contemporary materials her delicate jewellery works are elegant and timeless. Chattral employs only the finest quality precious and semi-precious gemstones and materials for her designs.
Chattral Leland has been creating beaded, wire and silversmith jewellery since 1994. After living and working in the United States for several years, she has returned home to Australia, where her work continues to expand and evolve.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I love design, colour and composition. I love using my hands and making something that is practical, and functional. At an early age I had quite and extensive collection of ethnic beads including some gorgeous pre-Columbian pieces that my father had given me from his travels. This was the beginning my -fiddling' with beads and gems, so to speak.
I started silver smithing in 1994, while in high school in Sarasota Florida where I got my first taste of practical jewellery design and creation. Since that time I have always made some kind of jewellery, and recently have focussed on beaded wire work. I primarily work with 14k rolled gold and 14k solid gold, although I sometimes go back to my silver roots.
Each pair of earrings or necklace is a compilation of the mood I'm in, the composition of colours while I squint my eyes and capture the full image of a potential creation and offcourse the tactile manipulation of wire.
Jewellery is, and has always been a constant in my life and I have many dreams and visions for the future.
EDUCATION
1999 | Bachelor of Applied Science
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