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Meeting Lilian Chen was one of the luckiest days of my life.  I could feel it. There was something wonderful in the air, something big and good. Lilian has a way of making everyone else feel special. She arrives out of the blue, like a ray of sunshine, loving, lighting the way. 

Loving Lilian Chen is easy. She's fabulous, fun & kind. And her art is some of the most exquisite wire work I have ever seen. It's sculpture. It's abstract, yet postmodern. "Do you feel the freedom? Do you feel the wind?" she'd ask. The air Lilian breathed took on a wild turn, and the promise of freedom. "Be free, be happy Toltec" Lilian tells me. I am free & happy as a bird, as the wind, full of love, full of joy.

Meeting Lilian Chen is like meeting the artist within each of us, where wonder exists & freedom feels right. Watching, learning, admiring Lilian Chen, I know goodness is possible, probable & can be counted on again & again & again!

Design by Lilan Chen Step By Step Wire Jewelry, Vol. 8 no. 1 Feb-March 2012

Big Hugs, TJ






  Toltec Jewels is an author by day and jewelry artist by night. Her literary work is housed by the San Fransisco MOMA in a permanent collection of mixed media art and is published internationally in popular magazines, literary quarterlies, and university publications. A gemstone collector and jewelry lover, her store offers gemstone beads and she is happiest when creating handcrafted jewelry with her entire family. She has won a number of awards for both her literary and jewelry art.

She is also the creator of Jewel School Friends, a community of expert and emerging jewelry artisans taking inspiration from each other, Jewel School, and jewelry art culture by featuring jewelry designers and bead artists and supporting entrepreneurship for independent artisans. Join her at Jewel School Friends on Facebook for tutorials, community events, challenges, and fundraisers.