Stephanie Sersich

www.sssbeads.com

Artist's Bio

Stephanie Sersich is a full-time jewelry designer and beadmaker, living and working in Portland, Maine. As the inventor of the Spiny Knotting method, Stephanie teaches her technique at hundreds of workshops all over the North American Continent. Over the years, she has sold her jewelry and beads in dozens of different bead shows including Artriderís Holiday Crafts Park Avenue Show in New York City, and the Philadelphia Museum of Artís Annual Craft Show. Stephanie teaches her jewelry making methods at many major shows like Bead & Button Magazineís annual event. In 2006, she looks forward to presenting her beadmaking techniques in a collaborative lecture with beadmaker, Dustin Tabor, at the International Society of Glass Beadmakerís Annual Gathering. In addition to attending the events on her annual schedule, she runs her jewelry business online, and supplies her gallery clients from her studio in Maine.

Stephanieís jewelry making methods have been spotlighted in the pages of many publications like The Washington Post (August 1, 2002,) Ornament Magazine (Spring, 2004, ìGlass Bead Creator,î) Bead & Button Magazine (October, 2004, ìVisual Treatsî and August, 2000, ìOne-knot MacramÈ,î) Lapidary Journal (February, 2001, ìBead Soup,î) and in books like 1000 Glass Beads (Lark Books 2004,) Exquisite Beaded Jewelry (by Lynda Musante, Krause Publications 2004,) Beads of Glass (by Cindy Jenkins, Pyro Press 2003,) Formed of Fire (by Bandhu Scott Dunham, Salusa Glassworks 2002,) Contemporary Lampworking (by Bandhu Scott Dunham, Vols. 1 and 2, Salusa Glassworks 2002,) and Beading for the Soul (by Deborah Cannarella, Interweave Press, 2004.)

Stephanie has been making glass beads for a decade and incorporates them into all of her designs. Using a mixture of vintage glass, ethnic beads, natural materials and flosses, she creates jewelry that is truly unique. What separates her jewelry from others is her use of both the old and the new. Whether shiny, or pitted, either glass or fiber, she strives to incorporate multiple elements into her work that give depth, color, and texture. For inspiration she draws on widely varied sources, including textiles, sea life, and any motif that captures her eye.