Laura Jean McCabe is a primarily self-taught bead weaver with an education in historical costume reproduction and restoration, and anthropology. She produces elaborately beaded body adornment that combines Native American, African Zulu, and Victorian bead weaving techniques with modern materials and color schemes. She exhibits her work in national and international bead work exhibitions, and sells her finished work at boutiques and galleries throughout the United States, as well as through this website: www.justletmebead.com. She maintains a working studio in Old Mystic, Connecticut, and teaches beading workshops across the US and throughout the world