Self-taught jewelry artist Diane DiRaimo loves turning intriguing found objects and materials into creative and original jewelry. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, she’s been making jewelry and selling it at various crafts fairs in New York City, where she lives, for 15 years. After a long and fruitful time working with sea glass, she started wondering if there was a material she could use that, like sea glass, is recycled, but with more varied and bright colors. One day, sitting in her car at a red light, inspiration struck. “I wondered if the [traffic light] lenses were made from glass,” she says. “I found out the glass lenses were replaced by plastic in the 1960s. I acquired some old glass lenses, and ran with it.” (Note: she is not talking about running the red light.)