Elizabeth Hopkins (nee Haesche) is a native of Cheshire, Connecticut. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Muhlenburg College and attended the Master of Fine Arts program for acting at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Up until recently she worked full-time as a supervisor of legal assistants at a large law firm and lived in Long Branch, New Jersey. Three years ago she left her “day job” and relocated to Feasterville, Pennsylvania with her husband.

After spending her early life exploring a variety of arts and crafts, Elizabeth turned her attention to glass in 1997. Fascinated by the texture, form and color potential of glass, Elizabeth began studying lampworking with renowned glass artists Leah Fairbanks, Sally Prasch, Emilio Santini and Loren Stump. Blending the interpretative and creative skills she honed in her years as an actress and the eye for detail and color she developed in her years of knitting, cross stitch, needlepoint and beadwork, she has developed her own unique style in glass creations that are at once playful and elegant.

Elizabeth shows her work at numerous juried arts and crafts shows in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Among her awards are first place in crafts at the 2006 Peddlers Village Fine Arts & Contemporary Craft Show, the 2004 New Hope Outdoors Arts and Crafts Festival and the 2004 New London (Connecticut) Waterfront Arts Festival.

Her work may also be seen at the Accent Studio in Haddonfield, New Jersey, La Femme Jolie in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mechanic Street Mugs in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Mostly Glass Gallery (on the web), Pat King’s in Manayunk, Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Village Silver in Princeton and Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Elizabeth was featured in the February 2005 issue of Lapidary Journal with a "Step by Step" article on making flowered beads. In addition to appearing in galleries, boutiques and Arts and Crafts shows. Elizabeth also offers classes in lampworking, most recently at Salem Community College in Carneys Point, New Jersey and Markeim Art Center in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Elizabeth is a member of the International Society of Glass Bead Makers.