Sue Heaser
Author, illustrator and Archaeological Researcher in ancient crafts
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New book by Sue Heaser published June 2025:
Anglo-Saxon Beads 400 - 700 AD - A Visual Guide to Types and Techniques
After 8 years of research on the Anglo-Saxon beads of Britain, this lavishly illustrated guide showcases the glorious beads and bead jewellery worn by women around 1500 years ago. It contains over 650 photographs and 250 illustrations in full colour.
For more information on the book and where to buy it click here: Anglo-Saxon Beads 400 - 700 AD: A Visual Guide to Types and Techniques |
Presentation at Beads25, SJH, Burlington House, London
Saturday 28th June 2025

Sue will be giving a presentation at the Society of Jewellery Historians conference at Burlington House, London:
Annular Twist Beads – Glass Gems of the Anglo-Saxons
Click here for more details : Society of Jewellery Historians Events
Annular Twist Beads – Glass Gems of the Anglo-Saxons
Click here for more details : Society of Jewellery Historians Events
Interview for the CBA Festival 2023

Sue was interviewed by Debbie Frearson of the Council for British Archaeology as part of the Festival of Archaeology in 2023.
Click here for the interview: Sue Heaser CBA Interview
Testing Roman Glass in the Flame

After a lot of research and testing, writing and reviewing, my article on how Roman Glass behaves in the flame when making beads is at last published by EXARC. It is open access.
Click here to go to the article on the EXARC website
The research was also presented at the EXARC Conference 2023 and the lecture is available on YouTube here:
Experimental Beadmaking with Roman Glass
Click here to go to the article on the EXARC website
The research was also presented at the EXARC Conference 2023 and the lecture is available on YouTube here:
Experimental Beadmaking with Roman Glass
Presentation for the Society of Antiquaries Thursday 24th March 2022

Glass beads of the Anglo-Saxons
– The indigenous and the exotic –
An Investigation into the beads and techniques of glass beadmakers of the 5th to 7th-centuries CE.
At the University of Exeter and Online.
Thursday 24th March 2022
Sue gave a lavishly illustrated lecture on her research into this fascinating subject.
Click here for the lecture on YouTube: Glass beads of the Anglo-Saxons
– The indigenous and the exotic –
An Investigation into the beads and techniques of glass beadmakers of the 5th to 7th-centuries CE.
At the University of Exeter and Online.
Thursday 24th March 2022
Sue gave a lavishly illustrated lecture on her research into this fascinating subject.
Click here for the lecture on YouTube: Glass beads of the Anglo-Saxons

COBBOLD'S WORTHAM
The Portrait of a Victorian village
Sue's book is a gorgeous reproduction of the watercolours and writings of Richard Cobbold, a Victorian Rector, who painted every corner of his small Suffolk parish in 1860. Crammed with 111 paintings in full colour and transcriptions of Cobbold's lively writing about the villagers.
The first edition is now sold out and the second edition is available world wide on Amazon: Cobbold's Wortham
This is a royalty link - as an Amazon Associate Sue will earn royalties from qualifying purchases. It will not affect what you pay.
The Portrait of a Victorian village
Sue's book is a gorgeous reproduction of the watercolours and writings of Richard Cobbold, a Victorian Rector, who painted every corner of his small Suffolk parish in 1860. Crammed with 111 paintings in full colour and transcriptions of Cobbold's lively writing about the villagers.
The first edition is now sold out and the second edition is available world wide on Amazon: Cobbold's Wortham
This is a royalty link - as an Amazon Associate Sue will earn royalties from qualifying purchases. It will not affect what you pay.