ABOUT 
The Owner/Designer

  The Turquoise Forest is located  in South Western Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh. It's owner, Angela Lee, was born and raised there. At a very young age Angela knew that she wanted to be an artist. Falling in love with painting, she decided to expand her skills with jewelry designing. She started making jewelry when she was 16 years old. The Bead Mine was a shop located in her home town where she had the privilege to learn jewelry techniques. It was a hobby that in just a few short years turned into a dream. After Beading for 10 years, Angela decided to take her craft to the next level with metalsmithing. She took classes locally at Sweetwater Center for the Arts for 2 years before building a studio in her home. 

"I really just wanted to expand my art and learn new jewelry techniques. I absolutely love it. I still pretty much consider myself a beginner when it comes to metal work. I mess up a lot, but I'm learning something new each day. I think that for me, the greatest thing about being a jewelry artist, or any kind of artist, is the initial idea. Often times I'll ponder about it for hours before I start creating. The vision has to be perfected in my mind first. Then I start." ~Angela

Angela's love for nature and her favorite color inspired the name {The Turquoise Forest}

In her free time she enjoys taking the time to explore the woods with her pup. She uses this time for solitude & meditation. 

She has always had a bohemian spirit stemming mostly from her multicultural background. Bright bold colors are what she likes to incorporate in her designs.

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike."
~Paulo Coelho

~In February 2015, Angela had her first magazine feature in Bead Style Magazine~

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
~Henry David Thoreau