Jewelry - 2010

Ann Hall
13147 Bobidosh Lake Lane
Lac Du Flambeau  WI  54538

Anne started making mineral jewelry as a retirement hobby over 10 years ago.  She and her husband Phil enjoy hunting for natural materials and minerals like copper, agate, quartz crystals, and petrified wood.  These she uses in her hand-crafted necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

Ron and Donna Johnson
S1791 W. Kettle Rd
LaFarge  WI  54639
Ron and Donna’s work is fabricated in sterling silver and 14k gold.  Design and depth is created by overlays of metal with the addition of piercing, sawing, and stamping.  Inlayed stones, shells, and woods are used for color and enhancement. Their web site: www.sandhillfolk.com

Shelly Lanzel
W7815 Country Ave
Holmen WI 54636
Shelly creates unique beaded jewelry featuring polymer clay, crystals, and semiprecious stones as well as mosaics made from stained glass, glass nuggets, and other found objects. 

Mara and Vera Mednis
19254 Bittersweet Ave
Mednis Enterprises
Warrens  WI  54666

Quilts and beaded jewelry are the specialties of this mother and daughter team.  The quilts are unique free hand machined sewed made with quality fabrics.  The beaded necklaces, earrings, and bracelets are created from glass, stone, ceramic, and metal beads.

Alvis Strazdins
505 Main Street
P.O. Box 8
Wilton  WI  54670

Alvis began his jewelry career by learning to make traditional Latvian folk costume jewelry.  His work still contains many of those designs in the pendants, brooches, and bracelets he fabricates with sterling, amber, and turquoise.

Cindy Mae Swee
Dakota Mae Design
P O Box 18377
Minneapolis, MN  55418-0377

Cindy is an award-winning jewelry designer with 22 years of experience.   Her love of gems began while hunting for thompsonite by Lake Superior.  She designs with a variety of quality gems, pearls, vintage glass, Swarovski crystal, sterling and gold.  She also makes her own glass beads using Italian glass and enhances with encasing, dichroic glass, and gold and silver leaf.  Come see her and design your own special pieces. Visit her at Cindy@DakotaMaeDesign.com.

Nancy Tanke
2814 Robin Hood Drive
La Crosse  WI  54601

Nancy’s main medium is seaglass made from broken bottles, jars, and windows which have been tumbling in the ocean for many years.  Nancy uses seaglass, freshwater pearls, copper and sterling wire to create unique earrings, pendants, bracelets, and necklaces.  Seaglass to also used to make suncatchers, picture frames, and votive candles.