Lori Meehan, the metalsmith and designer behind LMM Design, creates handcrafted jewelry using modern and ancient techniques. She grew up in rural western New York State and went to college in Rochester, NY and London, England where she studied marketing. While working in the hectic television industry in NYC and looking for a creative release, she discovered the art of creating jewelry in 2002. After moving to Connecticut in 2008, she found the Brookfield Craft Center and this is where her love (addiction) for working with metal started. She has studied with well known artists and masters from around the country. Finding inspiration in nature, geometric patterns and architectural elements, she works primarily in 24k gold, fine silver, silver and semi precious gemstones, using various techniques including Keum-boo, fold-forming, anticlastic and synclastic forming, forging, cold-connections and more. “I enjoy the process of taking a flat piece of metal or a straight piece of wire and creating shapes, forms, textures and sculptures. I love the way in which lines and curves play against each other and the movement they create. Sometimes my creative process is planned out, and other times it's spontaneous and I won’t know what I’m making until the piece is complete.” She is a member of the Nutmeg Collective and has been featured in the Connecticut Magazine’s Holiday Gift Guide and in Handmade Business Magazine. Her work can be found in many galleries and stores throughout Connecticut and New York. www.instagram.com/lmm_design www.lmm-design.com