Laura Jean 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 exhibits her work in national and international beadwork exhibitions, and sells her finished work at boutiques and galleries, as well as through her website: www.lauramccabejewelry.com. She maintains a private studio in Hampton, Connecticut, and teaches beading workshops across the US and throughout the world.