Brass Crescent Crystal Necklace by Tamara Tsurkan

About the Artist: Tamara Tsurkan is a Madison, WI based Ukrainian-native multimedia artist. She enjoys creating jewelry using non standard materials. She has been traveling with her art around Midwest Art Fairs for more than 15 years, including Art Fair on the Square and Art Fair off the Square in Madison, Spring Green Art Fair, East Side Millennium Park and Gold Coast Art Fairs in Chicago, Edina Art Fair and Stone Arch Art Festival in Minneapolis, and Ann Arbor Art Fair in Michigan. Tamara created her first leather jewelry collection in 2009. Later she took metalsmith classes in Madison Area Technical College and started combining leather with sterling silver. Tamara enjoys working across different (and sometimes non-standard) media. For example, she uses sponge corals that she picked up on the beaches in Florida. Tamara is currently a member of Association of Wisconsin Artists (AWA) and Wisconsin Alliance of Artists & Craftspeople (WAAC).