History of Fire Goddess Jewelry

Susan Barnes is an American Artist creating American wearable art, using American Products & Supporting American Industry & business.

Thanks for thinking American Products First! America's way of life depends on it!
[A message to the many scores of customers from abroad: How do I begin to thank you for your many years of support and expressed love for my artistry.  I am so deeply thankful for your purchase, your gracious comments and your honest suggestions.  I know you have the world market to choose from and that you take the time to order from me and then you share your comments of love and appreciation for my style of design warms my heart and lifts me up. You all know I cannot survive without your support and your willingness to dare and risk a design from another part of the world.  I know you have the work of thousands of artists from many countries around the world to include your own.  Thank you for making the effort and taking the time and accepting the expense to invest in me.  I welcome the chance and opportunity to travel to see you in your own country and personally meet every one of you.   Thank you-Thank you-Thank you!!!]

Susan Barnes is an American Artist Creating High Quality American, hand-made Lampwork Glass Beads and Embellishments, Supporting American Companies & furthering the American way of Life! Fire Goddess Designer Beads & Jewelry Embellishments is presently an exclusive member of the Intergalactic Bead Shows.

You can find us at the Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Shows and other fine Bead & Jewelry events throughout America. IBJS is the best bead shows in the country offering you the best selections, finest quality, competitive prices, and the most professional and customer oriented vendors and artists. Intergalactic Bead Shows is your only complete and comprehensive source for all your jewelry designing needs! Fire Goddess is the business trade name for Susan Barnes the creative mind and authority of fine designer handmade jewelry, wire wrapped jewelry, rhodium pendants, pewter charms, designer sculpted glass beads, precious metal jewelry links and select embellishments. Susan’s jewelry designs are made using her own handmade lampwork glass beads, soldered sterling silver links, jump rings and other select items like freshwater pearls, crystals, Bali beads, sterling silver, gold, one-of-a kind findings and the exclusive Fire Goddess high polish pewter beads and pewter charms.

The Fire Goddess is a skilled master metal smith and model maker and designs a unique line of rhodium pendants, pewter beads, pewter buttons and pewter focal pendants and pewter charms. Susan also designs and creates all the wire wrapped jewelry, the wire wrapped embellishments displayed on the site and merges her lampwork with her bead wire wrapping to create distinctive one of a kind pendants, wire wrapped lampwork beads and wire wrapped jewelry. Susan has dedicated the last 30 years to fashioning, designing and creating handmade jewelry and jewelry embellishments. In the past 19 years Susan’s focused remains on perfecting glass sculpted beads, lampwork glass beads and refinement of her own brand of American made embellishments and jewelry. Initially guided and inspired by many of the leading artists in lampwork glass beads and in jewelry designing, Susan is self-taught and has fashioned her own style with an eclectic blend of colors, textures, designs and movement.

Unlike many who begin by creating the bead, Susan begins by visualizing the finished jewelry piece and then conceives the beads and embellishments necessary to create the final jewelry design. Susan’s success is the result of her passion to developed American made jewelry that is fun, functional and very wearable and representative on the high quality and high fashion expected from  America  American Artistry! When you purchase your jewelry, jewelry designs and designer embellishments from Susan & Fire Goddess you are making an investment in uniqueness, quality, and originality. You are also making an investment in an American Artist, in America and your way of life! Always remember to support and buy American products first and then shop for your items from abroad.

The Fire Goddess logo speaks directly to the heart of Susan's style. The logo is a picture of the beautiful Goddess (Susan) surrounded by fire super-imposed on a globe of the Earth clutching one of her bead creations by a silver chain. The Goddess represents how we view each and every customer wearing our jewelry. The fire represents the flame and heat process used to create each glass bead. The Earth represents the many sources of the various glass rods and metals used to create the beads and jewelry The Fire Goddess creates, and the worldwide marketplace appreciation for hand crafted glass bead jewelry and select embellishments.

Fire Goddess jewelry can be found at fine locations and individual jewelry designers throughout the United States. Focal designer pewter beads and the complete line of Fire Goddess creations is available to jewelry designers, fashion retail outlets and the general public through our website or purchase directly from us at one of the many jewelry and bead shows and festival appearances we support around the country.