Glassblower, lampwork bead artist

Sue Stewart has always wanted to be an artist. Sue also flunked every art class she ever took. From Girl Scouts to adulthood, though, Sue had a love of crafting. She could visualize and create just about anything from sticks, scraps, stones and glue. In the mid-1970's her husband, a business type, decided to try his hand at making stained glass pieces. David excelled at the art. Sue wound up cutting herself. Even from across the room, she attracted sharp pieces of glass. After moving to Alas...

Sue Stewart has always wanted to be an artist. Sue also flunked every art class she ever took. From Girl Scouts to adulthood, though, Sue had a love of crafting. She could visualize and create just about anything from sticks, scraps, stones and glue. In the mid-1970's her husband, a business type, decided to try his hand at making stained glass pieces. David excelled at the art. Sue wound up cutting herself. Even from across the room, she attracted sharp pieces of glass. After moving to Alaska in 1985, Sue found herself with lots of time on her hands. She set out to find the local craft shops and look for something "new" to play with. She encountered a serious problem. Alaska's capital city had NO craft stores. Not to be outdone by simple absence of opportunity, she opened her own craft