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This mermaid is is an enchanting and wild denizen of the deep blue sea, with its deep aquatic shades  echoed in her beaded bottom half. Each bead was hand sewn in place, a meditative process that Laura loves–particularly when the results are as gorgeous as this!

That’s the story behind all of her creative endeavors; Laura listens to that little whisper that says “I’m here” when when she sees fabric, fiber, beads, and all the other fabulous components she has gathered together over the years and made for her artistic use.

Based on a pattern by Patti Medaris Culea, Laura created this  doll from fabric with a hand sculpted and painted face.

Then she spent a great many hours beading the tail, and embellishing the torso with more beads, and adding beaded jewelry. the From her wildly tousled fiber hair to the tip of her silky tail dripping with yet more beads, this deepwater damsel measures 22 inches.

Laura’s been steadily beading all year long, in between teaching classes at Bead Lounge in Longmont  and polishing up her metal working skills. She’s made several beautiful new beaded dolls, an will see her work published in upcoming books by renowned bead artist Heidi Kummli and Sarajane Helm of PolyMarket Press. These dolls range from 3 inches to around 10 inches tall.

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This beautiful spirit doll is 8 inches tall, sports a wild mane of hair and is beaded all over, front and back. Her name is Passion, and she shows a real love of seed bead embroidery.

She started out life as a commercially made 8 inch white cotton doll body and a face made of polymer clay by Sarajane Helm.

Laura often dyes the doll body on a spirit doll, but this one is fully beaded. It required 60 hours of stitching to get her to this exquisite state, and several tubes of beads.

More than forty beading needles got bent out of shape during the process, but Laura had a wonderful time creating her. The results are certainly worth it!

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