ABOUT Heidi
My art flows through my fingers with the greatest of ease. Each bead sewn down, knowing exactly where to rest. Like the hollow bone of a shaman, I allow spirit or perhaps the universe to express itself through me. I can’t take credit for the results, as it is deeper than myself.
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Heidi's beadwork is an expression of herself, and her feelings for Mother Earth, and the creatures upon her.
Using bead embroidery techniques, and trial and error her work has continually evolved.
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Heidi started working with beads in 1975, and remembers making jewelry even as a young child.
She currently lives on 16 acres west of Boulder, Colorado with her husband Gregg, and three dogs.
Their home is totally off the grid. The sun and a back up generator is all they need to power their home.
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Heidi has won numerous design awards throughout her career, you can view these below.
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Heidi hopes that through her work she can share the beauty that surrounds her, and give the wearer a sense of oneness with the world, the earth, and creatures upon her.
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Heidi has many video tutorials to share, so you too can learn the art of bead embroidery.
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Awards & Nominations:
2019 ~ Finalist, Saul Bell Awards for, "Bear Bones". Also Master Class Teacher for Bead & Button.
2018 ~ Grand Award Bead Dreams for "Tea Party" a beaded tea pot.
2017 ~ Finalist , Finished Jewelry Bead Dreams for "She Dances with Wolves".
2016 ~ Second place, Finished Jewelry, Bead Dreams for "The Wisdom keeper".
2015 ~ Second place Ms. Maddie's Fabulous Florals Bead Dreams for "Moonshine"
2014 ~ Runner up Bead Dreams Best of show & First Place finished Jewelry for "Shamanic Path"
2013 ~ Second place finished jewelry Bead&Button Show for "Angel Armor".
2012 ~ First place jewelry Lines Into Shapes Show for "Quietude"
2012 ~ Judges Award Lines Into Shapes Show for "Free Bird"
2012 ~ First Place and Runner up Best in show Bead Dreams for "Free Bird"
2011 ~ Finalist Seed Beads Bead & Button show for "Earth Spirit".
2010 ~ First Place Seed Beads and Runner up Best of Show Bead Dreams for "Shapeshifter"
2009 ~ Second Place Bead&Button Bead Dreams for “Fortune Teller”
2008 ~ First Place Finished Jewelry Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Wolf Tracks"
~ Second Place Seed Beads Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Transformation"
~ Finalist Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "My Ancestry"
2007~ Finalist in the Bead&Button show for "Native Spirit".
2006 ~ Peoples Choice Award for "Sacred Path" at The 10th Annual Lines into Shapes,
Art Center of Estes Park
2006 ~ Finalist in the Bead&Button show for "Rabbit Tracks", "Lizard Dreams" and
"Pumpkin Bag".
2006 ~ First Place Jewelry RAGS Wearable Art Show for "Puzzled Prince".
2005 ~ Peoples Choice Award Bead&Buttons Bead Dreams Competition for "Into The Woods".
~ Second Place Finished Jewelry Bead&Buttons Bead Dreams Competition for
"Purple Haze".
~ Finalist Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Sacred Mother".
2004 ~ Finalist Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Sacred Path".
2003 ~ 1st Place Beads Saul Bell Awards Competition for "Natures Jewels".
~ 1st Place Jewelry Crested Butte Festival of the Arts.
~ Judges Choice Award Embellishments Gleaming Treasures for "Pearl Jam".
~ 3rd Place Finished Jewelry Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Forest Dance".
2002 ~ 3rd Place Finished Jewelry Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Solstice".
~ 3rd Place Seed Beads Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Natures Jewels".
~ Finalist Bead&Button Bead Dreams Competition for "Pearl Jam".
1998 ~ Peoples Choice Award Meet the Artist VIII Breckenridge Colorado.
1997 ~ 2nd Place Jewelry Gilpin County Arts Association.
~ Corporate Award Gilpin County Arts Association.