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Kristin Lora grew up in California working in a variety of art mediums including metal-smithing, jewelry, glass, ceramics, sculpture and painting. Always appreciating color and natural elements, Kristin chose to focus on creating beautiful and artful jewelry and metal objects. Kristin has always been fascinated with creating jewelry to compliment a wearer’s style and personality yet with the understanding of how to make each item a valued treasure to its owner. For this, she has chosen to work with high quality materials and handcrafted techniques to ensure the jewelry is both unique in its composition and recognized for its value.
Kristin Lora jewelry can be defined as contemporary, original and fresh…and often contains a touch of humor. Kristin gets her inspiration from a variety of sources such as natural forms and objects as well as the materials themselves. She focuses on highlighting the natural beauty of the stones, the pliability of the metals and tries to add at touch of whimsy and movement for the wearer’s entertainment.
Although Kristin is primarily self-taught, making jewelry for over 25 years, Kristin has studied with some of the world’s finest metalsmiths and jewelers around the world at various industry conferences, Revere Academy, Mendocino Art Center, San Francisco State University, Santa Fe College among others.
Kristin Lora holds a degree in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Cornell University. After many years of splitting her time between corporate jobs and her art interests, Kristin recently decided to leave her executive corporate role to focus on her jewelry full time. In doing so, Kristin, her husband and 3 dogs chose to relocate from San Francisco to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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