Sue Heaser
Author, illustrator and Archaeological Researcher in ancient crafts
Click on the links above and below to find out more about Sue, her work and her books
New book by Sue Heaser published June 2025:
Anglo-Saxon Beads 400 - 700 AD - A Visual Guide to Types and Techniques
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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 |
Modern Makers and Antiquarians - 22nd October 2025
Sue was one of the presenters at the Society of Antiquaries, London, at this innovative event.
Click on the link for her 15 minute presentation on Anglo-Saxon beads:
Anglo-Saxon Beads - using replication to unlock the beadmakers' secrets
Click on the link for her 15 minute presentation on Anglo-Saxon beads:
Anglo-Saxon Beads - using replication to unlock the beadmakers' secrets
Presentation at Beads25, SJH, Burlington House, London
Saturday 28th June 2025
Sue gave a presentation at the Society of Jewellery Historians conference at Burlington House, London:
Annular Twist Beads – Glass Gems of the Anglo-Saxons
Annular Twist Beads – Glass Gems of the Anglo-Saxons
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.
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