Hi Friends! My name is Amy and I am the creator behind LES. I design and handcraft each piece in my home studio here in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York state while looking outside at the trees and our bee hives. Mine is a small scale studio where I saw, file, solder, sand, and polish each piece with love surrounded by my dogs and some really good music. I have appreciated silver and turquoise jewelry since I was a teen and enjoy many signed vintage pieces created by Native American artists. I started silversmithing during the pandemic with the most basic of tools and have found this type of creating resonates with my personality. I enjoy finding old jewelry and repurposing the stones and other elements into new pieces as well as fabricating new jewelry from scratch. I won’t lie- finding stones I love is one of best parts of the creative process. I source my stones from lapidary artists running their own small businesses as they seem to have the most unique stones. I try to keep my pieces affordable but really exceptional stones will increase the price of a piece. I hope my rustic jewelry makes you smile when you wear it and I hope you enjoy wearing it as much as I enjoy creating it. 