The Glass Harp Gallery Working Studio
Aug 3rd, 2007 by Brian Hurlburt
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Susan Hood
Glass Harp Gallery
14 Elm Street
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
902-742-1213
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The third person on the Yarmouth Area Working Studios Brochure is Susan Hood of the Glass Harp Gallery.
After working in stained lass for twenty years Sue Hood discovered lampworking.
Lampworking is an ancient technique used by the Venetians to create glass beads.
For Sue the combination of fire and glass was love at first sight.
The same medium with a different approach created instant gratification!
As time went on Sue began doing more and more lampworking and fewer pieces of stained glass work.
Today Sue still does stained glass on a commissioned basis and on a large scale with many of her works selling for thousands, in some cases, ten of thousands of dollars, and taking many weeks — even months to complete.
Sue has even broken from tradition when it comes to her lampworking and she is the only person who makes exploding hollow beads.
Living near the ocean affects the way Sue interprets her art form which she calls Phantasea Shells. She uses Effetre, Vetrafond, Lausha, and Bulleseye Glass, annealed in a digital kiln. The findings are .925 sterling silver from Italy or Bali. The seed beads are Czechoslovakian; and all other beads are semi-precious stones or pearls.
When you take time to stop by Sue’s studio, the Glass Harp Gallery, 14 Elm Street in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia you’ll soon see Sue’s passion at work.
Susan says; “Working at the torch is a form of meditation for me. As the flame mesmerizes, the flow of the liquid glass and creativity become one. I focus completely on the creative process through a liquid medium.”
It is her passion, amazing creativity, expertise, and originality, that have taken Sue around the world. Which has meant her works finding homes in such countries as Japan, Australia, Paraguay, Chile, Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Hong Kong, the US, and Canada.
Susan is looking forward to the Fiberg Festival in Comox BC and her own one person show at Firehorse Gallery in Charlottetown in October 2007.
Sue’s works can be found at the Glass Harp Gallery, 14 Elm Street in Yarmouth, as well as many other locations throughout the Maritimes including the Argyle Fine Art Gallery in Halifax, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Beaverbrook Gallery in Fredericton, Horton House Gallery in Pugwash, Glass Artisans Studio on the Cabot Trail in North Shore Cape Breton, Thrown Together Gallery in Truro, Petite Gallery in Saulnerville, Arte & Mineraux in Belliveau’s Cove Digby County, and at the Sign of the Whale and Hands On Crafts in Yarmouth.
She is a member of the Toronto Bead Society, Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council, the Yarmouth Crafts Guild, the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, and an Instructor with the ISGB.
So the next time you see one of Susan Hoods creations realize that to own such a treasure is truly an investment in a person who is renowned world wide for her amazing skill and abilities.
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