Lochlin Revere Smith was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1947, the son of prominent Westchester County, New York painter, portrait artist and illustrator Lawrence Beall Smith, and Winn Revere Smith, also a talented visual artist. Early in life, Lochlin realized that artistic expression and hand work were in his blood, and that 9-5 jobs were not. In 1968, he moved to New York City to attend classes at the School of Visual Arts, where he focused on abstract painting.
In 1972, he escaped the intensity of the city and found serenity on a mountaintop in Vermont. He set up a studio space in an old barn and began painting, sculpting and designing art jewelry. He twisted, torched, pounded and shaped bronze rods and sheets into unusual, one-of-a-kind earrings, bracelets, pins and necklaces.
Lochlin draws inspiration from his own Celtic ancestry, as well as from Aztec, Egyptian and aboriginal artisans ~ reinterpreting, never copying, the visions of these ancient masters. The natural world has always captured and held his imagination as well, as evidenced by the organic twists and turns of the metal.
His current work, created in his Montpelier design and metal-smithing studio, has evolved to include several lines of jewelry, watches, key rings, clocks and mobiles.
All styles are created in bronze, and given a variety of finishes including natural bronze, antique silver over bronze (which gives a pewter-like effect) and several colored patinas ~ verdigre, ocean blue, burnt orange and moss green. Surface treatments are also achieved using torching and hammering techniques.
He employs his own original methods, bringing a primitive, yet sophisticated feel to his trademark hand-forged line, which includes spirals and freestyle glyph-like shapes. He has designed his own tools to wrap beach stones, collected by Lochlin and his partner on the beautiful beaches of New England. All the materials he uses, including welded-link chain, seamless beads, and semiprecious gemstones, are of the highest quality available, giving years of enjoyment to his customers.