ARCHAEOLOGY
Sue began her career working as a Finds Assistant for the Museum of London, handling the amazing discoveries that were being excavated from various sites around London. She then became an Archaeological Illustrator for the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments (now English Heritage).
Her versatility and enthusiasm for reconstruction led to her illustrating the finds from many of the most famous archaeological site in Britain including Dover, Grimes Graves, Mucking, West Stow and Portway East. Anglo-Saxon jewellery and beads soon became a passion and she spent many months at the British Museum, drawing the finds from Dover Buckland cemetery for archaeologist Vera Evison.
Sue is currently researching a new book on Anglo-Saxon beads and is using her skills in hot glass beadmaking to understand the techniques of the ancient beadmakers. She is also creating paintings of the glass beads to show how they would have looked before they were buried. Some of the illustrations are shown below - click on the images for more information.
Experimental Archaeology Conference 2021; EAC12, World Tour
Sue will be presenting a paper on her findings at the conference in March 2021. More information is on the conference website here: EXARC 2021. Examples of her beads and research will be included in an exhibition that will tour museums in Europe after the conference.
Her versatility and enthusiasm for reconstruction led to her illustrating the finds from many of the most famous archaeological site in Britain including Dover, Grimes Graves, Mucking, West Stow and Portway East. Anglo-Saxon jewellery and beads soon became a passion and she spent many months at the British Museum, drawing the finds from Dover Buckland cemetery for archaeologist Vera Evison.
Sue is currently researching a new book on Anglo-Saxon beads and is using her skills in hot glass beadmaking to understand the techniques of the ancient beadmakers. She is also creating paintings of the glass beads to show how they would have looked before they were buried. Some of the illustrations are shown below - click on the images for more information.
Experimental Archaeology Conference 2021; EAC12, World Tour
Sue will be presenting a paper on her findings at the conference in March 2021. More information is on the conference website here: EXARC 2021. Examples of her beads and research will be included in an exhibition that will tour museums in Europe after the conference.
