jewelry inspired by the ocean and made by the beautiful beaches of cape cod
Upon graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, La Sil has spent over ten years working extensively as a goldsmith and platinumsmith, as well as a glass artist. She is also highly skilled as a seamstress (pattern maker). She has traveled overseas on a buying trip to Indonesia, Thailand and Nepal to assist in design and buying for an import-export company. She has had the honor of studying with renowned glass artist and colorist, Sue Ellen Fowler at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York. In her experiences as a glass artist, she has worked large scale glass pieces out of a hot shop (furnace) and finally, moved to lampworking (torch) so the size of the glass could be combined into her jewelry. Her work has sold internationally. She is a past member of the American Craft Council, Glass Art Society and the Society of North American Goldsmiths. She was a finalist for the 2009 Christy Wright Scholarship for Glass Art from the Penland School of Crafts. She has taught at Diablo Glass School in Boston, Massachusetts; Snowfarm, the new england craft program in Williamsberg, Massachusetts, Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts and out of her independent studio located throughout time in Montague, Massachusetts, Leverett, Massachusetts, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Wellfleet, Massachusetts and Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her work has been featured in The Ganoksin Project, Plymouth Center for the Arts, PhanArt, The Provincetown Banner, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Cape Cod Magazine, and Cape Cod Life. She is a recipient of the Cape Cod Life Magazine 2010 Gold Award for Best Jewelry Store on the Outer Cape; Studio La Sil, the art of jewelry. Clients can make an appointment to customize a piece of unique jewelry or clothing by email or shop online. With a studio appointment or by taking a class you can observe her working glass on her torch as well as fabricating and designing jewelry from a rough form to a polished piece of wearable art, signed with her artist name (pseudonym), La Sil.