Tana grew up in Winter Park, Florida and has spent most of her adult life in Fairfax County, Virginia. She began creating small mosaics in 2010, seeking a new outlet for her creativity as her children grew older.

 

Her mosaic art quickly morphed into large 

3-dimensional sculpted artwork that required both imagination and strength. Knowing she was onto something, Tans sought additional artistic elements to couple with mosaicking and found glass fusion to be an interesting new challenge. Having no experience working in such a demanding medium, Tana spent several years developing her skills to shape, cut, and merge glass. Her science background helped her to understand glass chemistry, a necessary skill for fusing glass.

 

Three ever-growing kilns later, Tana has truly explored the art of glass-fused mosaics and has found her own signature style. Featuring diverse texture, and array of color combinations, and "movement", Tana's newest projects take multiple trips to the kiln until desired effect is achieved. 

 

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