Lyndsey Rieple Jewelry

My sister and I were given a great deal of time and space in the Rocky Mountain foothills to indulge our creative endeavors unrestricted. I pursued illustration and drawing through the 10,000th hour until I discovered jewelry making by working at Alfred University’s costume shop. I started making jewelry from buttons, leather, and hemlock cones I found outside which gave me an incredible initial focus; a design focus that gave me a way to filter life through. Illustration is a visual story, but jewelry design is a way to tell a more complete story that transcends materials, time, body, and occasion.