Lorraine Hornby

I most enjoy the process of designing a new piece: thinking about color, balance, texture, and form. I am awed and amazed by the gems hidden in the Earth, and the pearls provided by the sea, so these things figure prominently in my work. I have spent many hours searching gem shows to find distinctive gemstones to inspire my designs. Each piece that I make is the culmination not only of this searching, but of time spent imagining many variations leading to the final design, and of the actual creation of the work.