A full time glass bead artist living in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, Kerri has been creating her distintive glass beads since September 2000. With a focus on creating beads for jewelry designers to use in their own collections, Kerri keeps busy creating new designs and reproducing her existing lines of beads for her dedicated clients. Glass beads have been handmade in various cultures around the world for over 3,000 years. This ancient art form has made a resurrection in North America over the last two decades and the popularity of glass beads is steadily rising. Using a torch and raw glass brought in from Italy and made locally, Kerri creates her distinctive focal beads, hearts and vessels each created with the jewelry designer in mind. While seemingly delicate, each glass bead and vessel is carefully annealed in a digitally controlled kiln to temper the glass and strengthen it for a lifetime of wearability and enjoyment.