A Beadaful World by Lanai Kinsky

I learned ladder, brick, and bead embroidery in the late 1990's from a friend, Pam Pegues. Fueled by a new-found passion, I continued to bead and learn new stitches on my own.

Several years later I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and learned advanced beading techniques from Margo Field. I found advanced beading to be a new expression in art, and it became my artistic focus. In past years, I oil painted and sold work in galleries. Now, the oil paints are put away and the beads have taken over. My training in color theory and composition reflects in the beaded art.

Using my strong artistic knowledge, I developed pieces and decided to teach them. While my early pieces show Margo Field's influence, my more recent work directly reflects my own style and personality.

I wanted to share my passion, so I decided to teach. I wanted to offer clear, well-written, and fully illustrated instructions in addition to beautiful and challenging pieces of wearable art. To achieve that goal I sought aide from a professional technical writer. I regularly receive compliments on the clarity of the instructions as well as the works of beaded art.

I hope you enjoy making the kits and projects as much as I have enjoyed creating them.

Lanai

"Making the world more beautiful one bead at a time."