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Welcome to my world of art glass beads, silver work and jewelry! My passion, obsession and life quest!
I'm a lampworker and jewelry maker and enjoy working with glass, silver and PMC clay. Hopefully you will have plenty to view on my website and if you have any questions please feel free to email me.
I work with an amazing brother Scott Tanner of Tanner Studios who is also a lampworker and we sell our work on this website, Ebay and Etsy.
Scott and I are both members of the ISGB (International Society of Glass Beadmakers)
We are both members of the SRA (Self Representing Artist)
SRA Number: M66 Trudi Madison & T42 Scott Tanner


Sunrise Dahlia's

Bronzed Agate Necklace with mini glass boro pebble beads So what a crazy mix of natural stone and hand flamed boro glass beads. I instantly fell in love with this combination! Strangely they were not planned out but I found the combo by accidentally laying the two projects next to each other as I was working this weekend.
This is by far the largest natural stone I have bezel in sterling silver- wow what a statement this piece makes. I found this amazing stone which really struck home as it is mined in Delta Utah- It's a Wood Agate with rich bronze and uranium yellow tans. I instantly fell in love with it and the dynamic shape- I metalsimthed the stone into a sterling bezel with a Golden Sapphire 5mm gem. It measures 65mm long by 33 mm wide- very dramatic.The boro beads are all hand wire wrapped together and I finished the piece with a hand fabricated guitar pick clasp with a lighter citrine 6 mm stone This piece will go to the local Eccles Art Center for their annual auction this weekend. I think - I kind of want it too.

Vine Garden Oasis ~ Fine Art Glass and Silver cabochon bracelet
This piece is a large break through in my journey of glass and metal. I have hand blown the glass and inlayed the cabs into the hand fabricated sterling silver bezels. Each bezel was then accented with pure silver PMC flowers, leaves, dots and vines to create a unique piece of art. The metal was all hand stamped with flowers and fabricated and is truly an original piece of work. Glass cabs were created with a soft soda lime glass enhanced with silver to create the opal iridescent look. Rich blues, bronze, greens and purple hues glitter in the encased glass. The glass is flamed with a torch and then kiln annealed to strengthen and add durability to the glass. Once all the component pieces were created the glass was inlayed into the metal pieces to create an amazing piece. Bracelet measures 8 inches long and is sighed by artist on back of bezel clasp. BUY here!
Wild Pony Art Glass bead bracelet- Buy
Mystic Pearl Art Glass Bead & Sterling Silver Bracelet: Soft violet purple & blue base of glass with deep purples, soft blues & opal reflections encased in a clear boro glass. Hand blown beads are made from a borosilicate glass and hand wire-wrapped in sterling silver wire. I added some amethyst faceted and celadon, amazonite gems to enhance the design. Added a sterling silver toggle clasp with a large silvered blister pearl to finish the piece off.
Platium Wildflower Bracelet
Sterling Silver ball bars with Amber Blue glazed glass beads which have been silver cored. Hand metal smithed guitar clasp with wildflower PMC charms. Swaroski crystals dangles with sterling silver balls. Only available for a few weeks- get it here!

Fallen Angel Bracelet Bloom where you are planted Bracelet For a special Friend!! Happy Birthday Jen
I added lots of Swaroski crystals and chalcedony gems. Truly a piece of me this year!

Recycling Sterling Silver
As 2009 comes to an end I wanted to share my passion and accomplishment for the year. This bracelet integrates my lampworking, silver coring and silversmithing skills into one monochromatic "Heavy Metal Bracelet!" One of my favorites to-date! Enjoy

Starting 2010 all Wired up!! This mixed metal piece is sure to be a conversation piece!

Summer/fall metal smithing project! It's a keeper!

Recycled Sterling Silver Learning to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.....Silver of course! This project is focusing on melting down my scrap silver and turn them into fun recycled sterling silver projects!!

Summer Flower Frolic A fun summer set of big hole beads for your heavy chain or European Pandora or Biagi bracelets

Fall Flower Frolic
Boro watercolor flowers which are perfect for fall!
Send in the Crows

Flutterby and Butterfly beads


Summer Hearts and Flowers Sassy and so fun for the summer and goes so nicely over a simple tank top- These are Art Glass Pendants strung on a simple adjustable leather cord- Simple with bright cheerful colors! Need one??

Bronzed Goddess Crystal Bracelet
My Newest Bronzed Champagne Biagi bracelet- I sell the art glass Bronze Beads- you can build you one too!!!
Here are some jewelry pieces I created for the local Art Gallery ~lots of work but ow so worth it~ I used some of my silvered art glass beads, silvercored with sterling bead caps and then went crazy with hill tribe silver, smoky quartz gems, crystals and pearls.
A little Bird told me so......
European Charm Bracelets- Biagi
These bracelets are amazing and fun to put together. Need a bracelet or fun beads? - I got what you need. Need some ideas?
Wickedly Wild Recycled Wine Bead and Jewelry Collection- I've gone Green with saving mother earth- my way of course-
Well I found the perfect combination! Recycled Wine Bottles, Flaming glass and Celebrating with friends.
It's Fun, Eco-friendly, Trendy and Tasteful.
Metal & Glass Project! Boro Butterfly~ This is a very large butterfly that I just finished in my metal-smiting class. My goal is to work with more glass and metal projects! It's not perfect but was a great piece to learn to cut and drill. Not sure what to do with it...I guess I'll wear it.
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