Lucilla Warren

Lucilla Warren (1942 – 2011) was born in a copper mining town in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. Her father worked in heavy construction, moving the family nomadically from project to project.

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“ So often being the ‘new kid’ in town threw me back into my own resources, fostered an early self-reliance, and developed the ability to entertain myself with just my imagination.”

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She credited this part of her early life throughout Southwest remote areas for her love of the “textures of sandstone, granite and polished turquoise”, for a love of “the glow of gold, silver and copper”. This was expressed in her interest in archeology and her work in fiber arts and jewelry.