Bead artist biography

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Biography:
Laura McCabe is a primarily self-taught beadweaver with an education in historical costume reproduction and restoration, and anthropology. She produces elaborately beaded body adornment and sculpture that combines Native American, African, and Victorian beadweaving techniques with modern materials and color schemes.

She started Just Let Me Bead in 1995, at which time she sold her original designs to boutiques and museum shops.

In 2002, she began teaching her art and has continue to do so across the US and throughout the world. She exhibits her work in national and international beadwork exhibitions, and continues to sell some of her finished work here on line.

She maintains a private studio in Hampton, Connecticut where she and a dog named Lucy continue to live the creative life.

Education:
September 1993 - March 1997; University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (historical costume restoration)

January, 2002 - 2003; University of Conne