Born and raised in Stockton, Susan remembers being encouraged by her artistic grandmother to draw,  paint and explore creatively.  But a fascination with small things (seeds, beads, rocks, marbles, shells), the natural world, and how things work, led her to pursue an education and career in the microbiological sciences.

After several years of laboratory work (and crafting beaded jewelry as a hobby), a return to Stockton allowed for instruction in both lamp worked beads (melting glass rods with a torch) and fusing art/dichroic glass in a kiln.  She is now able to pursue the glass arts while working part-time as an elderly caregiver, and is eternally amazed at the wonderful blending of elements,  both technical, creative, and serendipitous, that working with a torch and “warm glass” affords. 

Quality art glass is used, imported “soft” Effetre from Italy, Bullseye, Uroboros sheet, and CBS dichroic. She pairs her handmade glass beads and pendants with sterling silver, gold-filled, gold/silver-plate findings, chains, and spacer beads.  Nickel or pewter accent beads, crystals, and glass seed beads are often incorporated as well.

She is a member of the Northern California Society of Glass Beadmakers (SGB NorCal),  a chapter affiliated with the ISGB (International), and the Sacramento Beadmakers Group.

To contact
SUSAN WINTON
Call 209/462-3165
swinton2k6@sbcglobal.net