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Podcast: Innerspace: Deep, Meaningful Conversations with Brett Kaufman
Episode: Jenny Shuman: How a Midwest Teen Mom Became the Bead Artist for the Grateful Dead's Greatest Musicians
Description: Jenny Shuman didn't map any of this out.She became a mother at 16. She picked up her first loom at a summer powwow in 1992. She spent years selling beadwork from a booth while her daughter danced beside her in full regalia. She built a quiet, intentional life in Michigan and then left all of it behind for Oregon, her husband, and a new beginning she couldn't quite see yet.Today, her work is worn by Bob Weir, Oteil Burbridge, Duane Betts, Anders Osborne, Derek Trucks, and Michael Franti. She's crafted straps for some of the...