Janine Bernheim Bland designs and makes her own line of jewelry, incorporating diverse cultural traditions from around the world and using fine and semi-precious stones.  She was first attracted to stones when she was a girl growing up in France.  A self-taught artist, Janine was able to collect and study unusual jewelry during her work with the Foreign Service.  She continue to travel extensively and has collected unique stones from scores of countries, including Madagascar, Congo, Ghana, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Korea, Australia, Morocco, Kenya, Russia, Turkey, and just last month Tunisia and her native France.  She often couples these stones with antique and traditional pendants and mountings.  Janine has exhibited her work at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the World Bank, La Maison Francaise (French Embassy), Nordstrom, and at many private shows in the Washington DC area, as well as in California and France.  Some of her creations were selected to be worn at the Oscars.