When it comes, the landscape listens, shadows hold their breath
The gentle undulations, soft curves and fluidity of Leslie Matthews' range of body ornaments both evoke and respond to the contours and textures of the body. Sheet Silver has been embossed with a fine rice paper to create an illusion of skin texture. In some pieces she painstakingly brushes and pumices the surface until she has created a luminous brushed sheen, while others are patinated black Silver.
Margo Osborne, 2005