Lesley Frew is a designer/maker based in Belfast, she graduated from the University of Ulster with a BA (hons) in Fine and Applied Art, having specialized in Textiles in 2007. She is currently on the 'Making It' programme run by Craft NI, her studio is based in the Ulster Museum.
She makes both costume jewellery and framed pieces. Lesley creates contemporary, ethical jewellery using discarded plastic bags, tags and other consumer related items.
Her choice of materials is deliberate, she chooses resources that are destructive to our environment and heading for landfill. Lesley gives these materials a second life, by transforming and reusing them. She enjoys confronting people's expectations by taking a discarded material, giving it a new value and showing that it can be beautiful.
