Meet a Southwest Bead Artist

Growing up in Maine gave me lots of reasons to get crafty. I knitted, did crewel work and embroidery, sewed my own clothes, and even braided a rug. I’ve been working with beads for at least twenty five years and what I love most about it is the flexibility of the bead combinations and arrangements and the different options for attaching them together.  It is rare for me to make the same piece twice. The colors and textures of the glass beads and copper core wires I work with feed my creative energy that excels at designing.
 

I’ve created so much beaded artistry that design & crafting skills come easy to me and I am exacting on the precision of my creations. It takes a bit longer but I need perfection.  It is rare for me to have a problem with my end result but when it happens, that piece is dismantled. I might try to make it again but sometimes the thrill is over and I’ve learned what I need to know. All that experience applies to what I make and sell on my website that I’ve named Tina’s Sedona. 
 

I maintain my own website, do all my own photography, design my ads, write up my pieces and post them online, work my social media to help draw subscribers and customers to see the work I am just thrilled to be making. So what you see here is “all of me”.  My beadwork is different from many other resources who sell jewelry. I make these pieces to satisfy myself and not follow trends that everyone is wearing. The price I pay for that is that my work is specialized and only certain customers are attracted to it.  
I wouldn’t have it any other way. 

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Welcome to Tina’s Sedona!
Tina Levy, Tucson, Arizona