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William Leslie
Oceanside, CA

Illuminated wood frames in organic shapes with a covering of paper saturated with polyvinyl resin. The can serve as chandeliers, pendants, sconces, table lamps while also being objects of beauty.

When I began working with paper, wood, and light, I called my pieces “lanterns.”
As my creativity and skills developed, I began to focus more on the sculptural aspect rather than the functional, and to create pieces that stand alone as works of art with the light on or off.
My work reflects a fascination with how nature moves on graceful paths or organizes itself in flowing patterns. Why human consciousness contemplates this with joy is a delicious mystery to me. My task is to express and illuminate in ever more novel ways the swirl of texture in marble or wood grain, the evolving folds in flowers or seashells, the fluid patterns left on sea-swept sand. I strive to create beautiful forms that will invite people out of their mental busyness to see the timelessness in passing time. Human life, too, is a whirling dance of patterns within patterns.

Creative provider of artistic light fixtures for residences, businesses, restaurants, religious institutions and hospitals/medical offices.