Jewelry Making

Lilia Shatnaya creates necklaces and earrings with a bold and sometimes elaborate flair. These are a bit more ornate than the pieces I usually review, but they are quite striking in character which is what led me to take a second look.

Originally from Ukraine, Lilia first worked as a web graphics, video and special effects designer before discovering jewelry making as her true calling.

From her website:

While on a search for a job in the Computer Design field, Lilia started making jewelry. She taught herself wire wrapping, gemstone names and properties and soon a line of jewelry emerged. As many successful ventures, this one started as a hobby but soon grew into a full time business. She is now attending New York’s FIT Jewelry Design Program.

Lilia makes all the pieces by hand. She uses semiprecious stones to complement the antique filigrees in the pieces. Lilia doesn’t like dull colors and like the designer, her line is vibrant, colorful, fun and flirty…

Lilia’s jewelry has been featured in print magazines like Star, Seventeen, Jane and U.S. Weekly. You can also find her work in New York’s Searle and Anthropologie.

Although she has a lot of beautiful, elaborate earrings, I liked these green “Flower Earrings” which feature large brass filigree in the shape of a flower with ten petals along with 3 strands of semi-precious stones. In this case, she uses Peridot teardrops and rondelles for the accents.

You can visit Lilia’s site at:
liliajewelry.com