Helen O’Donnell Designs

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Evolution is in the air! Helen O’Donnell once owned a successful bead shop, Gahanna Bead Studio. She retired in March of 2021 and now has evolved into a semi-retired beading and mixed media artist. Her site features beads from Les Perles par Puca® – Paris® and Czechia, kits, and handmade jewelry, crafted with originality and with care. Helen takes pride in designing original, one-of-a-kind works of art and limited edition jewelry that you’ll be proud to own and wear. Helen’s current influences have their roots in European history and art. She sells her jewelry at shows local to the Columbus, Ohio area and at Haley Gallery in New Albany, Ohio and at Art@43023 in Granville, Ohio.

Helen’s newest direction is in mixed media. One day, out of the blue, Helen was inspired to make shadowboxes out of donated upholstery fabric, fabric from her stash, her own painted papers, and ephemera and found objects. Her subjects range from classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, John Steinbeck, and Jules Verne, to science greats like Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Lately, she has also been dabbling in abstract painting, under the tutelage of Jacqueline Sullivan and others.