Featured Artist of the Month
                                                        
                                                                     November 2007

Wendy Hoffman
Brownsville, OR
 
 
Email: moonbeadarts@hotmail.com

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 608
Brownsville, OR 97327
Phone: 541-401-0850

Biography:
Wendy Hoffman is a jewelry artisan living and working in Brownsville, OR. She has been fascinated by the creative arts as long as she can remember, dabbling in painting, improv, music and various other arts, but didn’t find her niche until about 9 years ago when she discovered the lure of beads! When her husband asked what she was gong to do with all of those earrings she was making, she said “sell them” and her business, Moon Bead Arts, was born. Over the last 7 years she has broadened her jewelry making talents to include Art Clay, thus opening the possibility of making completely individual artistic creations. She became a Senior Instructor in 2003 and teaches Art Clay classes in the northwest area. About 3 years ago Wendy began learning to make lamp worked glass beads. The process of making beads involves melting glass in a torch flame and winding the hot glass around a metal mandrels.
 
She loves to make jewelry pieces combining her glass beads and Art Clay. She has shown her work in many area shows and has sold her jewelry in stores and galleries around the northwest.