Biography Of Cindy Sergent

Cindy is a native of Taiwan where in 1974 she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Literature. She immigrated to the United States in 1978 and began taking classes at the Ohio State University. It was at OSU that her artistic talent first came to light while she was studying watercolor. Samples of her artwork can be found online at http://www.innotia.com/ccs/art.shtml and http://www.innotia.com/ccs/design.shtml. Cindy decided to work towards a formal degree at OSU, first pursuing Industrial Design, but later gravitating towards Computer and Information Science, receiving her M.S. in 1988. She was employed as a software developer at AT&T Bell Laboratories, which later became Lucent Technologies. In 2001 she accepted an early retirement package

The following year Cindy began to explore beaded jewelry as an art form. She was attracted to the wide range of shapes, sizes and colors of available beads. In addition Cindy has found it to be very gratifying to create beautiful, wearable artwork. She started to experiment with artist's wire in mid-2003. Instead of following other people's footstep in making wire-wrapped jewelry, she wanted to explore different path. In January 2004 she has finally mastered the material and was able to create stunning necklace and earrings. Her creations continue to evolve as she expands her craft into beadmaking in 2008.

Description of Artwork

Cindy's beadwork is a sophisticated blend of colors and textures. Given the wide variety of beading material, she has succeeded in creating many varied effects. So no matter whether a customer is looking for something refined and elegant, or fun and playful, or soft and subtle, or even bold and daring - she will be able to find the right jewelry to express each of the many facets of her personality. And all of the jewelry is made of the finest quality beads, such as Swarovski crystals, fresh water pearls, Bali Sterling Silver beads, sterling silver hardware, Japanese seed beads and crystals, handmade art glass beads, and handmade lampworked beads. So for prices similar to what she might pay in a department store for mass-produced jewelry, she can acquire better quality material when she selects from Cindy's line of handcrafted jewelry.