One summer while living in Athens for grad school, Lily started a small veggie garden in her front yard. She grew peppers, zucchinis, and herbs with some success (and some failures!) and really fell in love with the process of planting seeds and nurturing seedlings into food-bearing plants. Lily now lives in Atlanta with her husband, and they have a little backyard oasis that provides inspiration for her jewelry.
Lily earned her MFA from the University of Georgia in 2015 and her BFA in Craft and Materials Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012. After graduating from UGA, she moved to Atlanta where she started her journey as a small business owner. In 2018, Lily was able to go full-time with Lily Smith Studio and she now sells her work at farmers markets and art festivals in the Metro Atlanta area, as well as at stores around the US. She loves passing on her knowledge to other makers, and is currently teaching enamel jewelry classes at Garage Door Studio in Avondale Estates.
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