Laura McCabe

www.justletmebead.com
email: justletmebead@aol.com

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, her husband Michael and a dog named Lucy continue to live the creative life.

Upcoming classes by Laura:

In this age of abundant caution we’ve decided to make the upcoming classes virtual in format.  Because my virtual format is a bit different from other things out there, I wanted to take a moment to lay it all out for you . . . 

Workshops will be in a video format, produced and edited and accessible via password for a 48 hour time period.  During those 48 hours you can watch and re-watch the video as many times as you like. The advantage to this format is that you can replay any portion of the video, take breaks at your convenience and even bead along, pausing and starting as necessary.  Videos will follow the same sequence as the printed instructions which you will be provided ahead of the scheduled class time and cover every step of the project.  After the workshop’s allotted time frame is over, there will be a scheduled one-hour zoom “after party” where those who would like can gather with me to go over questions, talk about the project or just simply catch up in “person.”

Kits are available but must be pre ordered.  Currently there are many issues with sourcing so in order to ensure your kit choice and it’s timely delivery, kits must be ordered no later than 1 month prior to the scheduled workshop.  I will do must best to accommodate late sign up with their kit requests but there are no guarantees.