Greetings! I am Jen Lorang
and I am
the owner and designer behind Alchemilla.
Working with a small team of 3 incredibly talented jewelers in my backyard barn studio on occupied Nipmuc and Pocumtuk land (Amherst, MA), I design, fabricate and finish each Alchemilla piece by hand with great care, joy and a love for the magical feeling that adornment brings to its wearer. I design everything- from this website, to the wax casted pieces, to the clasps, to the photography layouts- all myself. We are proudly Queer, DIY (I started this company in 2012 w/ $200 to my name, no art degree and no background in jewelry) and sell with primarily woman owned and small local shops. As a white owned business, Alchemilla is committed to anti racist practices and we are constantly working to be better at eradicating racism, sexism, classism and all other violent colonialist capitalist oppressions- as they show up in ourselves and the systems that engulf us. Please follow link at top of page to read more.
I am honored by this opportunity to vision and collaborate with all of you with love, creativity, and persistence towards a magical glimmering future.
I honor and live in deep gratitude to the web of visionaries, revolutionaries, kindred comrades, mind shifters and artists who inform my work, my spiritual practice and my commitment to decolonization and anti-capitalist pedagogy. Most of all, my work is grounded by my earthen kin- the networks of flora, fauna, water, land, spirit and ancestors that guide my creative practice. Below are a list of recommended books and resources that buoy the adornment created in great reverence for you.
ALWAYS BUY YOUR BOOKS FROM A BLACK OWNED BOOKSTORE!
TO READ OUR COMMITMENT TO aNTI-RACIST PRACTICES AS A SMALL BUSINESS PLEASE GO TO OUR ANTI-RACIST PAGE
BELL HOOKS GLORIA ANZALDUA RESMAA MENAKEM Robin Wall Kimmerer
ANGELA DAVIS bayo akomolafe NAOMI KLIEN FRANZ FANON TARA BRACH
JAMES BALDWIN ADRIenne MarEe Brown SOPHIE STRAND JOANNA MACY
OCTAVIA BUTLER MIKKI KENDALL ASSATA SHAKUR ERICKA HART LANGSTON KAHN
ISABEL WILKERSON LAYLA SAAD SONYA RENEE TAYLOR MARTIN PRECHTEL
Michelle Alexander AUDRE LORDE COLE ARTHUR RILEY MARY OLIVER