Susan Ford Robertson

Susan Ford Robertson

Columbia South Carolina

Glass

Guild member since 1975

I love Hot Glass! Glass is a hard, cold super cooled liquid—yes, a liquid! I use color, shape and texture to entice the beholder to touch my work—glass beads.

Fanny Beads are made by me, Susan F. Roberston, in my home studio. The beads are made of Italian glass rods on a torch at 2300 degrees F! Gooey Hot Stuff!! Winding hot glass around a stainless steel rod is called lamp working, a bead making art which is centuries old. My beads are carefully cooled for durability and strength then followed with a careful cleaning.

After making the Beads, they become jewelry. I use the standard stringing method for jewelry or sometimes the art of Kumihimo-Japanese Brading with Beads. Quality components are used to finish the jewelry.

After a 31 year adventure Blowing Glass in Mississippi. I relocated to South Carolina. Still yearning for hot glass, I began making glass beads. Making things gives me joy and making things with glass is just plain fun!