Olena Bugrimenko

Olena and her family enjoy living in southern New Hampshire. More than 10 years ago, she started to make jewelry using seed beads; beautiful, yes, but it wasn’t enough. Then she discovered the art of making Chainmaille, and now it is one of her favorite techniques. Olena loves combining this technique with beads, gems, and wire. Sometimes the result is unexpected, unique, and a new beautiful design is created! In 2009 Olena won the 1st Place Gold Medal award with piece titled “Glorious Summer Necklace” in FMG’s Swarovski category. In 2010 she took the Bronze Medal award with piece titled “Wedding Necklace” in FMG’s wirework and chain category. Her designs have been used by Fire Mountain Gems both as a back cover advertisement and in their catalogs. You can see her latest creations on her blog: http://sfbeads.blogspot.com/