Help me break (update: Stay!) out of prison.... |
I’m Lori, the one woman show behind LoMo Studio’s jewelry. I am completely self taught and work out of my home studio set up in York County, PA. I didn’t always know I wanted to be a jewelry artist. I found my passion a little late in life when I felt a strong need for a creative outlet to deal with the stress of feeling trapped in a thankless job at a state prison. I never thought of myself as artistic or crafty, but have always had a love for the arts, fashion, and creating something out of nothing. Making jewelry was something that I always wanted to try, but never had the courage to actually do it until late 2013. Each day working at the prison, I felt like a small piece of me was dying inside, and it came to a point where I just had to do something to revive my spirit. So, after a particularly hard day at work, I made a stop at a local art/craft supply store and bought my first coil of copper wire, some beads, and a few tools to make my first wire wrapped ring from a tutorial I had found online.
My first pieces weren’t great, but I was already hooked on the feeling that making them evoked and on the excitement of trying and learning new techniques. I had opened up a creative side of me that I never knew I had, and the ideas for new pieces started flowing. I love everything about my craft-the design process, choosing the materials for a piece, the fabrication process, putting the finishing touches on it, and even the packaging, but the best part is seeing or hearing from the recipient that they love their new piece of jewelry and that wearing it brings them as much joy as it did to me when I was creating it. When I first begain making jewelry, I never thought I would be able to do some of the things I can do now! It feels incredibly empowering to have an idea for a piece, sketch a design, and actually fabricate that idea out of raw metals and stone into a finished piece of jewelry. Such a stark contrast to my day job at the prison! In late 2016, after 11.5,years of working for the DOC, my dream of quitting my day job at the prison finally came true! With the support of my wonderful husband, I have been able to focus full time on creating jewelry. So if you like what you see in my shop, please share it, pin it, tweet it, like it, etc. Every little bit helps in keeping me out of prison 😉 |
I love new projects!
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Custom pieces are my favorite to make. Whether it's taking an old piece of a customer's own jewelry and recreating a new design from it's parts , or designing something from scratch starting with a sketch of their idea, I love the process of creating a unique piece of jewelry that will be special to them. If you would like something one of a kind made just for you please contact me for a consultation by using the link below.
*Currently custom requests have a wait list of 2-3 months |