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Byline: Stephanie Lacava
Locks, hinges, and door escutcheons may seem unlikely sources for the elegant, handcrafted jewelry that Lisa Salzer designs under the name Lulu Frost-but then not many jewelry designers daydreamed in childhood about vintage Rene Lalique and Art Nouveau pieces in enamel from Georges Fouquet. "I was obsessed with the enameling. I loved the colors," says the 22-year-old Dartmouth grad, recalling the summers she spent hanging around her grandmother's estate-jewelry shop in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Salzer has turned her family legacy into a thriving operation. In her uptown studio, she applies the supple bend of a hinge or the curvature of
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