Leon Sadubin
Leon Sadubin
Leon Sadubin has participated actively in the craft movement in Australia since 1976.
Leon initiated an exhibition in 1978 which led to the formation of the Woodworkers Association of NSW of which he is an Honorary Life Member. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1982 which took him to Denmark to study the organization of furniture workshops and to Germany to study woodcarving with a master carver. A number of his works are included in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, the New Parliament House, Canberra and numerous private collections. He has regularly taught furniture design at Australian Universities and has given many presentations to woodworkers associations and interest groups.
Leon specializes in commissions for both public spaces as well as domestic projects. He has collaborated with a number of other craftsmen and artists to produce distinctive pieces of furniture which display a mastery of materials well beyond wood. Another side of his practice includes sculpture which gives scope to expressive, figurative and kinetic forms in wood and copper. Leon’s drawing skills are used extensively in the development and presentation of commission work.