Taunya Olsen has an inner drive to create that is unparalleled. She loves to take on new design challenges and discover novel uses for everyday things. As her distinctive style shows, she is determined to produce fresh, creative and innovative designs, utilizing what is on hand. This resourceful attitude can be traced to her upbringing in a small, rural town, where she and her family thrived from the bounty of their land. At a young age she learned to sew and began designing and making her own clothes.

There is no limit to Taunya’s vision or imagination.

She has created items ranging from home furnishings to large furniture pieces. In early 2000 Taunya began designing jewelry as a hobby, fashioning distinct pieces for her daughters, friends and herself. Her jewelry caught the eye of a prominent local designer who convinced her to take her business further. As demand increased locally, Taunya plunged into the retail scene, selling her creations in specialty boutiques and through word-of-mouth customers.

Throughout the years, Taunya has established relationships with vendors from the plains of Africa to the jungles of Asia. Her designs utilize a broad variety of semiprecious stones, mixed metals, and other unique pieces. Taunya’s destiny truly is to create. She has a gift for crafting that special piece that will brighten the lives of others.