Laura Gasparrini
Inventor, Teacher, Creativity Catalyst
The Alchemist
Since 2004, I’ve made it my life’s work to share my love for art and creativity. As the founder, principal designer, and incurable inventor at Om Tara®, I have come to believe deeply in the power of creativity to heal. It is the key to unlocking our soul’s voice – the healing balm that soothes us and strengthens us in a hectic world. My work, tools, articles, and tutorials have been featured in Step-by-Step Wire Magazine, Bead Style Magazine, Jewelry Stringing Magazine, Belle Armoire Jewelry, Jewelry Affaire Magazine, Rio Grande, Fire Mountain Gems, Jewelry Television, About.com/beading and Handmade Goodness Quarterly.
The Inventor
I invented and patented the Om Tara® Crimping Pliers to make crimping foolproof, so jewelry artists can focus on their designs and put crimping where it belongs – serving as a useful tool in the furthering of creativity just as a paintbrush is to a painter. The Om Tara® Crimping Pliers were imagined out a conversation I had with my father, who is a retired engineer and designer of innovative fishing pliers. With my father’s blessing and guidance, I have become an insatiable inventor, always looking for new ways to make the art of creativity more accessible and joyful for others.
The Teacher
As a former preschool, elementary, and junior high school teacher, I’ve learned so much about the way people approach and learn new information. I also discovered that patience, encouragement, and understanding are all essential to helping bring out the best in a learning exchange. In 2004 I began teaching beading and jewelry arts to adults at our local college. It was there I realized that all learners, regardless of age or experience, want to feel successful, encouraged, and understood. As I continue to teach in private classes and at national bead shows, the skills I learned as an elementary teacher still apply. While most come thinking they’ll learn a new skill, nearly all leave feeling like they’ve found a welcoming community of creative friends.
The Catalyst
I have extensive experience as a clairaudient, clairsentient and clairvoyant vibrational healer, bodyworker, talisman artist, and intuitive. With 30+ years experience, I am studied in alternative healing methods, Eastern and Feminine Spirituality, and the Tarot. I have an MA in Clinical Psychology and a lifelong interest in Divine Feminine Mysteries. Through my healing practice, I developed a Tarot Session called Issue Mapping™, an individualized tarot-based counseling method, and an Energetic Bodywork Session called Auric Repatterning™, a multimodal approach to energy healing, which incorporates sound, stones, energy work, and visualization. I am an ordained Priestess, Creativity Catalyst, and champion of Creativity as a Sacred Path.
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