Mary Kanda began making mosaic jewelry shortly after moving from New Mexico to New England in the early 1990's. Her early designs of plant and leaf motifs colored with glass beads imbedded in grout were a synchronistic fusion of many interests; gardening, tribal arts, the profusion and variety of trees in New England, a life long preoccupation with glass and ceramics, and, not least, cooking and sewing, the arts of the home. Currently she lives and works in Los Luceros, New Mexico.

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• beaded
• , jewelry
• , mosaic jewelry
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• , akar
• , nature-inspired
• , mary kanda
• , handcrafted
• , akardesign
• , mosaic