Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (Agones, Pravia, 15 February 1955 - Pereda, Grado, Asturias, 2 June 2012) was an Asturian artisan who was known as Lise and mainly by his work with jet.
[1] Eliseo Nicolás Alonso was born in Pravia and lived with his family in the school-house of Reconco.
The need to find large pieces of jet, and the unavailability of the gem, made him inquire about mixtures, taraceas, and other materials such as fine woods, gold, silver, ivory, etc.
chosen by considering their colors and hues, as well as their hardness, all to be compatible with the main material of choice which was jet.
Of his notable works in jet, the piece "San Miguel de Lillo" reflects the pre-Roman Asturias.