My story

My life didn’t always involve tiny pieces of colored glass with holes in them. Earlier in life my interests had a broader focus. I always had a fascination with the natural world, and equally with art. In college, when I was finally free to study what I liked, I majored in biology at first but went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in physics, and another bachelor’s degree in fine arts with a painting concentration and art history minor.

I got into bead weaving in my early twenties after my son was born and I desperately needed a creative hobby that would conform to the new space- and time- (some might say space-time) limitations with which I was confronted with as I entered a new phase of my life. My old medium of painting was simply not an option while caring for my son in a cramped apartment. And I had decided to quit my studies to care for my son, who needed just a little more help than the average baby in getting a good start to his life.

Thankfully a friend of mine introduced me to his aunt’s bead store, Beads East, formerly located in Manchester, Connecticut, and the rest is history.

I now travel all over the United States as well as internationally to share my love of beading through one- and two-day workshops as well as sell beading kits, patterns, and supplies.

I hope you’ll enjoy viewing my work and if you are interested in taking a workshop, please click on the “Workshops” link in the top menu to find a schedule of my upcoming workshops. Many workshops since the pandemic are featured as an online format on Zoom, so you don’t have to travel to take a workshop anymore! I also offer downloadable PDF patterns in my shop and periodically offer kits on a limited basis.

I can only hope you’ll catch the beading bug and join me in my beading obsession!