Hi everyone!

My name is Susan Spealman and I am the self-taught Lampworker
Artisan behind Old Pueblo Bead Company. I live in Tucson,
Arizona, where I create lampwork glass beads while enjoying
the warm, colorful, and inspiring southwest desert environment.

 I have always loved anything glass.  And one Christmas my boyfriend, at the time, bought me a beautiful lampwork bracelet.  I loved it and wore it everywhere.  Then one day I thought to myself wouldn’t it be great if I could learn how to make beads so I could have as many bracelets as I wanted.

So one day I got myself a “starter kit” and absolutely fell in love with the whole process of making beads.  I found myself becoming addicted.  Then things just went from there, before I knew it my hobby had become a business.