About the Artist

Helene Lileikis

BIO

Helene began creating wearable art with beads as a member of The Bead Society, Los Angeles.  In 1996, she moved to Maryland and join with a group of bead historians and designers who with Hilary Whittaker, established The Bead Museum DC.  It was located on 7th Street near the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery.

The Bead Timeline of History created by this group was later donated to the Peabody Museum of Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut.

Her glass flower lei was displayed in a Czech Bead Exhibit, and three glass flower lei (cool colors, warm colors, and pastels) were featured in the Designer Showcase at the Third International Bead Conference, Washington DC.  She also provided beaded designs for the Smithsonian Folk Art Festival and the Punahou Carnival Art Gallery.

She has created original floral designs with beads, given bead history lectures, design classes. and is a volunteer at Hanauma Bay.  Also, she is a Docent at the Bishop Museum of Hawai'i and Ancestral Cultures Throughout the Pacific.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a beaded jewelry designer living on O'ahu.  My community activities are focused on the history and environment of Hawai'i.  These interests inspire me to create original floral beaded wearable art using glass, gemstones, pearls, shells, and metal.