Susan is the San Diego based jewelry artisan behind Cserpent Designs http://cserpent.etsy.com. Her husband nicknamed her Sea Serpent during their scuba diving days. As Susan says in her Etsy profile "Picture a tall person in a purple and black drysuit with a pink flotation vest coming out of the water with big black fins on her feet ... yep, sea serpent fits!".
Susan collects beautiful artisan lampwork beads and part of her design inspiration is to share these beautiful beads with others. As she says "Sometimes I'll find one interesting bead or gemstone and that will be the kick start for a piece of jewelry." For example in the handsome blue and green bracelet above, Susan features handmade boro beads by Denise of Glitzy Glass set off with a collection of beautifully detailed sterling beads and findings from Bali.
And on the fun side, here's a flirty silver pen that showcases colorful lampwork beads from Geoff Porter. 
This stunning bracelet features lampwork beads by Robin Weber, lovely green malachite and gold-filled spacer beads.You can see Susan's work in person at a gallery in La Jolla, CA, "Art in 18K".
Susan also keeps a blog where she writes about other talented artists and designers who sell on Etsy.com as part of the "90 Features in 90 Days Challenge." You can read her work at http://cserpentDesigns.blogspot.com.
