The makers
Meet Jeremy and Les.
Jeremy
Jeremy Brown has been creating things with his hands for nearly his entire life. At four years old, he was sweeping sawdust and moving lumber in his father's shop in Norman, Oklahoma, watching raw materials become something lasting in the hands of skilled craftspeople. After serving in the Navy, Jeremy returned home and apprenticed under renowned master woodworker Barry Moskowitz before moving to Arizona, where he and his brother built and ran a successful custom cabinetry business for twenty-three years. Today, that lifetime of craftsmanship continues through Enso Studio, the creative home for one-of-a-kind furniture, woodworking, and functional art: work rooted in his deep respect for natural materials, their imperfections, and the stories they already carry.
That same instinct is at the heart of his work with Source D'Amour. Where he has spent a lifetime following the grain of wood, he now follows the color, pattern, and character of stone, cutting and shaping much of what the studio creates by hand. Jeremy approaches each rough gemstone without a predetermined outcome, allowing the material itself to guide what comes next. And occasionally, a stone simply won't leave him alone; those are the pieces he carries all the way through, from rough stone to finished silverwork. Whether working in wood through Enso Studio or stone and silver through Source D'Amour, the philosophy remains the same: honor what nature has created, reveal what is already there, and make it from a place of love.
Les
Les Lull was raised on a farm and ranch in the Dakotas, where he grew up in the shadow of his grandfather and learned early the value of resourcefulness, persistence, and finding a way through even the most complicated problems.
Creativity was just as much a part of his upbringing. Encouraged by his father, Les developed an early love of art that followed him throughout his education and eventually led him to pursue commercial art in college. That creative drive became his first business, a screen-printing company in Washington State that grew to serve major retailers.
Life eventually brought Les to Arizona, where he built a successful career in pool design and sales. But creating never stopped. Outside of work, his hands were rarely still. He made jewelry, built furniture, painted canvases, and continued exploring the materials and processes that had always drawn him to art.
Over time, the pull to create became stronger than the pull to stay on a successful, familiar path. Les made the decision to follow the dream that had been with him for years.
That dream became part of Source D'Amour.