About Sue Heaser

Sue Heaser is a professional craftswoman whose skills range from polymer clay and Art Clay, glass engraving and puppet-making to textile crafts and pottery. After a foundation course in art and a degree in geography and archaeology she became an archaeological illustrator, working on jewellery and artefacts from sites all over Britain. She became fascinated by the shapes, designs and techniques of ancient jewellery.
She first discovered polymer clay in 1981 and within a year she was supplying an ever-increasing number of craft shops with her delightful jewellery. Over the years she continually expanded her repertoire of designs, experimenting with as many different effects as possible. She applied her knowledge of jewellery design to her work with clay, stretching the limits of the medium to embrace the wide range of techniques.
In 1985, she founded The Polymer Clay Pit - a mail order company supplying polymer clays tools and accessories in the UK and Europe. The fledgling business was at once a great success, and Sue sourced products from all over the world. The "Clay Pit" as it is affectionately known is now the largest specialist polymer clay retailer in Europe and is now a major stockist of Art Clay Silver. Click here to visit The Polymer Clay Pit
In 1997, with the aid of of other polymer clay enthusiasts, Sue founded the British Polymer Clay Guild which is a flourishing organisation that produces a quarterly newsletter and organises biennial conferences.
In 2000, a teaching trip to Taiwan introduced her to Art Clay Silver, a precious metal clay that is modelled like modelling clay and then fired to produce pure silver jewellery. She qualified as a Senior Art Clay Instructor in 2004 and was appointed Director of Art Clay World UK, the British Guild that promotes the understanding and use of Art Clay Silver and Gold. Sue teaches regular workshops at all levels in this fascinating material at the Clay Pit Studios in Suffolk.

SUE'S BOOKS
Sue has written 12 major craft books that are sold all over the world. Her first book, "Making Polymer Clay Jewellery", published by Cassell in 1997 contains over 50 projects, and was based on all the designs that she had found so popular when making her jewellery to sell.

She then applied her knowledge of polymer clay to the design of miniatures and has developed many new techniques of simulating virtually any material from iron, enamel and brass to foods, plants and china. Her second book for Cassell, "Making Doll’s House Miniatures with Polymer Clay" was published in October 1997. She also creates dolls and marionettes with polymer clay and her third book, "Making Miniature Dolls with Polymer Clay" was published in January 1999. Her fourth polymer clay book, "The Polymer Clay Techniques Book" was published in October 1999 and is used as a polymer clay workshop text book all over the world. "Creative Home Decor in Polymer Clay" followed in December 2001. Sue has also written two major candlemaking books: The Encyclopedia of Candlemaking Techniques (2000), and The Big Book of Candles (2002). Her latest books are Polymer Clay Mosaics (2003), Fast Polymer Clay (2003), Dolls House DIY - Food Displays (2003). Her most recent book, Dolls House DIY - Curtains was published in 2004. The Encyclopedia of Polymer Clay Techniques is due to be published in August/September 2007. (The British edition of this book is "The Art and Craft of Polymer Clay" and will be published by A & C Black)

Sue has also made three videos for Mindstorm Videos: "A Medley of Jewelry Techniques"; "Kitchen Miniatures with Polymer Clay" and "Dining Room Miniatures with Polymer Clay".

Sue has written over a dozen Pantomimes and has published two children’s musicals; "Dumble the Dinosaur" in 1993 and "Toby’s Ark" in 1996. Both have been performed all over the world..

Sue gives regular workshops on all aspects of her work both at home and abroad. She lives in rural Suffolk in England, UK.