Valerie Hector

Valerie Hector is a beadwork jeweler and an award-winning veteran of the American craft show circuit. Since 1988 she has exhibited her work at hundreds of juried shows, from Seattle to Palm Beach and points in between. Valerie also researches beadwork history. Her first book, The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration, Contemporary Design, was published in 2005 by Watson-Guptill Publications, Ltd. She is currently researching mainland Chinese beadwork, from ca. 900 BCE to the present. Valerie...See more

Valerie Hector is a beadwork jeweler and an award-winning veteran of the American craft show circuit. Since 1988 she has exhibited her work at hundreds of juried shows, from Seattle to Palm Beach and points in between. Valerie also researches beadwork history. Her first book, The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration, Contemporary Design, was published in 2005 by Watson-Guptill Publications, Ltd. She is currently researching mainland Chinese beadwork, from ca. 900 BCE to the present. Valerie holds a B.A. in English Literature from Loyola University of Chicago, and has completed graduate courses at The University of Chicago in the departments of Anthropology, Art History, and East Asian Languages and Civilizations. She lives and works in Evanston, IL. See less