Lands Glory

Mermaid Tales

Laura — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:45:51 +0000

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.

The Bead Goes On

Sarajane — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:20:47 +0000

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.

Day Of The Dead 2010

Sarajane — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:34:12 +0000

Laura is an instructor and sells her jewelry at The Bead Lounge in Longmont, Colorado. Every year they host a Day Of The Dead Celebration and gallery competition. Here’s a look at the beaded entries by Laura this year. Paper roses and a bony skull testify to ephemeral life’s beauty!

The jaunty gent features a glass skull made by MAD Margie. Lots of little beads–and a feather in his hat– went into the creation of this wearable art twosome.

Lyons Colorado Outdoor Market

Sarajane — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:33:28 +0000

LandS Glory will be at the Lyons Outdoor Market every Saturday in June. Last weekend was the first of the season for us and the weather was gorgeous. Here are a few pictures of Laura’s displays. You can see everything from her intricately bead embroidered collar featuring ceramic flowers and a ceramic face, her Spirit Dolls, necklaces, Precious Metal Clay silver and bronze clay pendants, beaded bracelets, and more! Please do come see in person at

Lyons Outdoor Markets in June

Sarajane — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:04:25 +0000

June 5, 12, 19, 26 2010
Saturdays 10AM-4PM
Lyons Outdoor Market 446 Main St Lyons, Colorado

Laura Humenik LandS Glory Artisan Jewelry and Sarajane Helm Creative Connections will be at the Lyons Colorado Outdoor Market on the Saturdays in June. Art, music, food and fun in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains! Bring your friends, and come see us there. We’ll have hand dyed clothing and accessories, ceramic, polymer clay, metal clay and glass components and finished jewelry, and more!

Another Beaded Babe

Sarajane — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:13:37 +0000

Laura has done it again! Another fully beaded doll with a clay face, this time one of her own design.

All those seed beads and larger glass and metal beads add to this beautiful doll’s weight, and she’s exuberant and impressive all at once.

Laura has gone all out with beaded hair as well, and says she spent approximately 60 hours on this one too. She loves projects like this and still finds time to work on bead weaving and making new ceramic faces, beads, and components for upcoming projects.

Check back to see them soon!

Beaded Passion

Sarajane — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:51:41 +0000

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!

Click the image to see the larger versions of the pictures.

High Seas Necklace

Laura — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:19:43 +0000

High Seas Necklace, originally uploaded by landsglory.

Fine lampwork glass reminiscent of the ocean linked with goldfill wirework. This is a double strand necklace designed for dreams of warm winds and high seas.

pmc lotus pendant

Sarajane — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:01:21 +0000

lotuspendant front, originally uploaded by landsglory.

This PMC pendant features a buddha figure and lotus in silver with applied patina, and a ruby cubic zirconia.

This pendant features a serene and sympathetic buddha patinated in a green finish. The lotus flower enshrines the buddha in raised detail.

Day of the Dead Necklace 2

Sarajane — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:40:05 +0000

Day of the Dead Necklace 2, originally uploaded by landsglory.

Laura started with colorful vintage ceramic beads and added carved bone skull beads and precious metal clay (PMC) to create this vivid necklace for the Day of the Dead celebration. It’s her second entry in the competition at Nomad Designs, a bead store located in Boulder Colorado.

The large carved bone skull has a PMC hood or niche festooned with stars and her trademark colorful patina makaes the fine silver shine with color.

The smaller skull beads are nestled in their own PMC settings and makeup the bottom of the beaded tassel. Laura links it all together with patinated wire.