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Heidi's beadwork is an expression of herself, and her feelings for our Mother Earth and
the creatures upon her. Through researching Native American beadwork techniques
and trial and error, her work has continually evolved. Heidi started working with beads in 1975
and remembers making jewelry even as a young child. She currently lives on 12
acres west of Boulder, Colorado with her husband Gregg, and their son Benjamin age 17.
Their home is totally off the grid. The sun and a back up generator is all they need to
power their home. Heidi has won numerous design awards throughout her career you can view
these below.
Feel free to shop on the shopping page or visit Heidi's Etsy store www.etsy.com/shop/freespiritheidi
Heidi Is studying to be a Shamanic practitioner to bring more healing and awareness to the world around her. Learning the lessons and messages nature and her spirit guides and teachers share will bring more healing energy into Heidi's art work and thus pass onto to you.
Heidi hopes that through her work she can share the beauty that surrounds her
and give the wearer a since of oneness with the world the earth and creatures upon her.
• A w a r d s •
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 "Shape Shifter
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.
