Virtual Reality: Lucy Machine
SLIDESHOW: Sarah Loertscher began working with metal in 2000. Now her all-metal jewelry is available on Etsy.
Loertscher describes her jewelry as "kind of clean, kind of chaotic! It depends on what piece it is…though all relate back to crystal structures and have a clean, minimal slant."
"I’m fascinated with the way that something made purely of hard edges and angles can grow as organically as a flower," she says. "And I love looking at diagrams, charts of any sort, and field guides. I’m inspired by a healthy mix of order and natural chaos," says the jeweler. Not coincidentally, her studio is covered in colorful diagrams and filled with an eclectic mix of trinkets and stones.
The artist’s favorite crystal-inspired piece? "Right now it’s this brooch, which took a bit of inspiration from the Cave of Crystals in Mexico," she says. Take a look at the cave on the National Geographic website.
You might be wondering, where does the name Lucy Machine come from? A dog, actually. "I used to house-sit for my friends Mark and Kate in North Carolina, who have a dog named Lucy. One day Mark mentioned that he needed to take ‘the Lucymachine’ for a walk, and I loved the way it sounded. It’s such a cool name! So when I started my Etsy site, I named it Lucy Machine as a nod to Lucy, Mark, and Kate."
In addition to her Etsy shop, Loertsher’s jewelry is also available at Fancy and Click! Design That Fits.
