Profile
Sue has always enjoyed textiles. From a very early age she has sewn, designing and constructing her own clothes as a teenager. Creative activities took a back seat while raising a family and earning a living in a senior management position in the Chemical Industry. Redundancy in 2002 released her to be creative again and she has had, she says, a whale of a time ever since!
Her work is mainly in textiles with some mixed media with a variety of threads using machine and hand stitching also an embellisher. She also enjoys photography and printmaking. Sue prefers to work with natural fibres, dyeing her fabric and thread to achieve the desired effect. Layered surfaces, built up paper on billboards, flaking paint and rust all give her inspiration. She investigates what went before, what is hidden and what revealed. More recently, since moving to the countryside, her local environment has also inspired some landscapes and nature studies.
Sue teaches locally at Young Embroiderers (Young Textile Artists, Basingstoke), gives workshops and lectures.
Qualifications
Art Access Foundation Course 2004
Diploma in Higher Education, Stitched Textiles 2007
Memberships
Embroiderers’ Guild (Basingstoke Branch)
HapticArt
Frayed Edges
Textile Art07
Exhibitions
2010
Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Common, January 2010
Landmark Contemporary Textile Fair, Teddington, March 2010
West Berkshire Open Studios, Headley, nr. Newbury, May 2010
Black Swan Gallery, Frome, September/October 2010
Harvest Exhibition, St Paul's Church, Ashford Hill, Hampshire, October 2010
St Margaret’s Church (Church of the Arts), Norwich, November 2010
2011
Fountain Gallery, East Molesey, January 2011
Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Common, April 2011
West Berkshire Open Studios, Headley, near Newbury, May 2011
Harvest Exhibition, St Pauls Church, Ashford Hill, Hampshire October 2011
2012
February/ March, Fountains Gallery, East Molesey
March, Landmark Contemporary Textile Fair, Teddington
May, East Berkshire Open Studios, Headley, near Newbury
July - September, Cultural Olympiad, Corn Exchange, Newbury
Talks
January 2011 Newbury Embroiderers' Guild
February 2011 Phoenix Stitchers, Petersfield
July 2011, Embroiderers’ Guild, Andover
August 2011, New Forest Quilters
November 2011, Treacle Quilters, Tadley
Contact
Email: sulphursue@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.suecrook.com