Lucy Ehrlich

From Stage to Studio: Where Creative Worlds Collide

Born in Rhode Island, Lucy grew up in the layered world of ballet, where discipline and artistry coexisted behind velvet curtains. It was there, watching dancers crochet warm-ups between rehearsals, that she first understood creativity as both ritual and release. At home, she was equally immersed – her mother a jewellery designer who taught her lost wax carving, her father an abstract painter whose work taught her to trust instinct. These early experiences wove together a foundation of movement, making, and meaning that still guides her today.

After studying film in California and relocating to Mallorca, Lucy found connection through creativity – crochet circles, shared studios, and collaborative exchanges. Her workshops in both jewellery and crochet reflect a practice rooted in presence, heritage, and the joy of process. Through her project Caracole, she reimagines traditional “womanly crafts” with a contemporary, expressive lens. Unbound by medium, Lucy moves fluidly across disciplines – her work a celebration of inherited skill, intuitive exploration, and the many ways we make ourselves at home in the world.

Hi Lucy, Tell us a bit about yourself. How did you start working with dada-days and how did this eventually lead to hosting your own workshop?

Hi, I’m Lucy! I was born and raised in Rhode Island, USA but I’ve been living in Mallorca for the past 3 years. I was raised by two artists who always encouraged me to see creativity not only as a hobby, but a holistic approach to life. This, combined with the fact I spent my teen years in a pre-professional ballet training program, really shaped my approach to art and creativity in general. Whether I was painting abstract art with my dad, making chunky funky jewellery with my mom, dancing in the Nutcracker, or crocheting with my grandmother, art has really been the driving force behind everything I love to do.

My introduction to dada-days was actually because of a funny coincidence. I met Lisa because her office is literally right under my apartment. I sent in a job application for a dada-days position with my photo on it. I was so worried Lisa would see me passing by her office multiple times a day, I introduced myself before things got weird (haha). Instead of calling the police, she hired me and I’ve been behind the scenes, managing our artists, establishing relationships with strategic partners, taking care of our customers, making content, and writing workshop concepts for dada-days ever since.

What do you hope to share through your workshops? What do you hope students take away?

I’m very fortunate to have grown up in a diversely creative family. My dad is an abstract painter, my mom a jewellery designer, and my grandmother a crocheter and knitter. My fondest memories are learning their crafts one-on-one, molding wax between my little fingers in the kitchen before dinner, or trying to untangle a maze of unravelled yarn with my grandmother. These small, quiet moments create a mosaic of memories, a past filled with people and experiences that made me feel truly safe and at home.

In this vein, I think spreading creativity is a really special way of creating that feeling of home. There’s so much love imbued in the things we take the time to hand-make, whether it’s for ourselves or someone we care for. Every stitch or droplet of wax becomes a kind of poetic gesture that quietly says, “I care for you and I want you to have this.” So I’ve kept these crafts close to my heart, and it’s my passion to share them with others who might continue to use them in the same way.

You refer to yourself as a multimedia artist. How does this influence your approach to crochet and jewellery?

It’s very hard for me to stay still creatively and I’ve accepted and embraced that. I went to college for film, I grew up dancing, I interned at a pottery and photo studio, I crochet and make jewellery in my free time, and since working with dada-days, I’ve taken up analog photography. I’m definitely a creative floater and all the things I love naturally overlap. My approach to both crochet and jewellery comes from accepting that I’m not just one thing as a creative person, but an eclectic celebration of how they all somehow fit together.

I love both crafts because they offer such malleable canvases to try new ideas. You get to play with texture, size, pattern…. Going to the local yarn or jewellery shop is like going into a candy store because the possibilities are endless. I think many people see crochet and silver jewellery making as crafts that require an instruction manual, but once you learn the basic techniques, you can quickly start creating things from your imagination and that’s exciting to me.

As a creative person, what does Mallorca offer you that you can’t find anywhere else?

When I first came to the island, I was working as an assistant English teacher with a scholarship from Spain’s Ministry of Education. In my first years here, I had students from two to eighty years old in three different schools. These experiences made me truly fall in love with the island and its people. I’m very grateful for how kind my students were in sharing their humour and stories with me during class. Their kindness made it very easy to feel at home very fast.

Whether positive or negative, creativity comes from a place of deep feeling and for me, Mallorca has given me a home that makes me feel full and happy. From this fullness, I am able to create things that give me joy and this is the most meaningful gift Mallorca could ever give me.

Do you have any projects coming up that we can follow? Outside your workshop, how do you spend your creative time?

Besides dada-days, the project I’m most excited about is a collaboration I’m doing with my friend and talented embroiderer, Maddalena Trojsi. We started our concept brand, CARACOLA as a way to encourage each other’s creativity and give it room to shine. Outside of my work with dada-days and CARACOLA, I love taking analog photos and testing my skills on the pottery wheel.

Now, I’m really looking forward to meeting all the creative travellers and locals dada-days brings together. I can’t wait to see what we can make together!