How Slinky Lynnx Chic Began

​People often ask me “how did you get started making jewelry” and where did “Slinky Lynnx Chic” come from? Here are the answers.

​In the early 2000’s, I participated in a sport called Cowboy Action Shooting. It combined historical costumes with target shooting. Participants created a persona who lived sometime between the end of the Civil War and 1900. My persona was Slinky Lynnx – a slightly naughty Miss Kitty (from “Gunsmoke”). The “Lynnx” being a play on my first name.
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Slinky Lynnx lived in the late 1890’s and dressed accordingly. I made some of my clothes and bought others. But I was unable to find appropriate jewelry. So, I researched jewelry designs from the 1890’s and used them as a starting point for my jewelry. I found I absolutely loved designing and making jewelry. My grandfather, whom I never knew, was a jeweler so perhaps his genes were coming through.

Slinky Lynnx in 2003

Lynn Hammering Wire Today

​I launched Slinky Lynnx Chic in 2005. My early designs used bead-weaving techniques to mimic complex Victorian designs. As I moved away from Cowboy Action Shooting, my designs started to change and became less complex and more contemporary. I tried all types of jewelry-making techniques and materials. I found myself returning again and again to using wire in my creations.

My favorite wire to use is copper. It is easy to shape and looks wonderful both when bright and highly polished and when oxidized to have a dark, warm patina. 

​I continually challenge myself to find new ways wire can be turned into jewelry. See how I meet that challenge here and, if you are in the Prescott area, at the Prescott Art Market in the Gateway Mall.