is the handcrafted glass bead and jewelry design business for Stephanie "bergina" Argentine. Stephanie's mom nicknamed her Bergina when she was little and the name stuck. seemed the only choice when she wanted a name for her bead and jewelry business. Stephanie's family pronounces it "ber-ghee-nuh" but some customers naturally tend to pronounce it like the name "Gina."

Stephanie became enthralled with glass beads in early 2003. She has studied with a number of other artists, but like many glass beadmakers, is mostly self-taught. She is drawn to intricate dot work which shows itself mostly in her individual beads and her "Changeables" line which showcases 2-3 beads. She finds that dot work is difficult to combine with more involved jewelry designs and that led to her "Skeletons" line of jewelry. Her "iMbalance" line fits with her tendency toward assymmetry and won her recognition as an "Emerging Artist" in the jewelry category in the publication "Best of New York Artists." These three lines of jewelry were also taken to the prestigious Buyers Market of American Craft (Rosen Show) as part of a booth of ISGB members.

Argentine is constantly learning and developing new work with her personal vision in mind. Her upcoming designs will likely be based on her egg shaped beads and her asian dot flowers series. She hopes that her practice, attention to fine detail and passion for glass work is apparent as you view her work within this site.

She is a proud member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers and Artists in Buffalo.