Lore Garrick modernist silver jewelry

Lore Garrick modernist silver jewelry
Renowned New York artist, art collector and jeweler Mrs. Harvey E. Garrick (1920-2013), also known as Lieselotte Lore Garrick, created modernist jewelry in the 1950-70s. She had a shop in midtown Manhattan where she sold her brooches, earrings, bracelets and pendants made from sterling silver, copper and brass. She signed her hand wrought pieces with capital letters LORE.

One of the sons of Lieselotte Lore Garrick and her husband Harvey E. Garrick (1925–1995) joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1968. This inspired Lore Garrick to create jewelry for the Hare Krishna movement in Los Angeles. Noteworthy, the designer has since become known as Mother Lore.

Drawing inspiration from the art of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala, Mother Lore had an extensive collection of artifacts and figurines from the pre-Colombian period, which she and her husband donated to the National Museum of the American Indian in the 1970s. Among the donated objects were figurines of animals and humans made of carved jade, which could be used as pendants or earrings.
Mother Lore died in 2013 at the age of 93.