Cinnamon Lee, 2025 MAKE Award winner

About this episode

Host Lisa Cahill interviews metalsmith and jeweller Cinnamon Lee about her award-winning work and design philosophy.

Host Lisa Cahill meets with the winner of the 2025 MAKE Award, metalsmith and jeweller Cinnamon Lee. Cinnamon tells us about her hybrid practice combining jewellery and lighting, the intricate process of making her winning work Noctua, and the hidden meanings embedded throughout the piece. You'll hear from judges Brian Parkes and Simone LeAmon on what made Cinnamon's work a prize-winning piece. Sydney-based artist Cinnamon Lee is trained as a gold and silversmith, creating wearable objects in the form of jewellery and non-wearable objects in the form of lighting. Her practice is characterised by meticulous hand-crafted detail, hidden elements, and a fascination with creating "more than meets the eye." Lee has been a practising artist for 30 years, having studied and taught at the Canberra School of Art's Gold and Silversmithing workshop. Guests Cinnamon Lee , metalsmith and jeweller Brian Parkes, CEO at JamFactory , Adelaide, South Australia Simone LeAmon, inaugural curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture at the National Gallery of Victoria Show highlights and takeaways [00:03] Secrets and hidden beauty "Everybody likes a secret." Cinnamon Lee introduces her philosophy on…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Cahill

Guest: Cinnamon Lee

Topics covered

• jewellery
• metalsmithing
• craftsmanship
• art awards
• design philosophy

Keywords

• Cinnamon Lee
• 2025 MAKE Award
• jewellery
• lighting
• metalsmith
• craft
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JamFactory, National Gallery of Victoria

Books & works: Noctua