ARTIST'S MESSAGE

 

 

MY NAME IS LEYLA, I AM A BENCH JEWELER & THE CREATOR OF LEYLA BAHAR DESIGNS.

MY WORK IS NOT SOLEY DESIGNED FOR ONLY ONE GENDER, IT IS FOR ANYONE WHO DESIRES TO COLLECT WORK.

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MY METAL ART IS MADE WITH BOLDNESS & SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP BY USING CIRE-PERDUE TRADITIONS, ALSO KNOWN

AS LOST WAX CAST. MY WAX MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES CREATE A DESIGN STYLE THAT IS RAW, YET ELEGANT, WEARABLE

CONTEMPORARY METAL ART JEWELRY. I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE CREATING, FORGING & POLISHING FROM START TO FINISH EACH PIECE OF MY WORK BY HAND. MY DESIGNS ARE INFLUENCED BY MANY DIFFERENT CULTURAL STYLES, ORGANIC TEXTURE VARIATIONS & THE VIVACIOUSNESS NATURE OF THE 70'S ERA.

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 SOME WOULD SAY MY STYLE IS REBELLIOUS OR MAY FEEL MY TECHNIQUES MAY NOT BE REFINED BECAUSE I DO NOT DRAW MY DESIGNS OUT PRIOR TO CREATING THEM, NOR DO I  USE A RULER TO MEASURE. I PREFER TO EYE EVERYTHING BECAUSE MY METAL

ART IS DESIGNED TO CREATE AN AWARENESS & APPRECIATION FOR THE BEAUTY OF IMPERFECTION. THE BEAUTY OF THE MINOR IMBALANCE IN EACH PIECE CREATES AN AGED & WORN IN ARCHEOLOGICAL HEIRLOOM AESTHETIC, WHICH

I FIND INTRIGUING & QUITE BEAUTIFUL. 

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SOME OF THE DESIGNS ARE CREATED WITH HIGH END VINTAGE OR RECYCLED CHAINS WHICH THEN ARE CLEANED, 

POLISHED & UP-CYCLED BY ADDING CUSTOM HARDWARE IN ORDER TO CREATE FLOW & MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE 

COLLABORATION OF OLD & NEW PIECES. 

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OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS MY COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO EVOLVED & COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.

THOUGH SOME MAY PREFER A LIGHTER WEIGHT QUALITY OF JEWELRY, MY WORK IS KNOWN FOR ITS HIGHER QUALITY WEIGHT. 

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FACT: IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF MELTING & BECOMING A PART OF YOU WHEN COMBINED WITH THE 

TEMPERATURE OF YOUR BODY. THOUGH MOST OF MY WORK HAS TEXTURE, I'VE BEEN TOLD A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF TIMES, THAT THE PENDANTS I'VE DESIGNED HAVE THE EFFECT OF A WORRY STONE. IT' BRINGS ME COMFORT TO KNOW MY WORK

CAN BRING PEACE OR CALMNESS TO A PERSONS LIFE. 

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