Susan’s interest in exploring texture, pattern and symmetry through printmaking began whilst gaining a BA (Hons) Degree in Graphic Design & Illustration. This has led to projects inspired by the River Thames towpath at Richmond, rooftops of Haute Provence, fishing huts of Charente Maritime and, recently, her local Chilterns woodland. One of Susan’s lino prints of ‘Sandwich Wood’ was included in an exhibition celebrating the Special Trees and Woods of the Chilterns organised by the Chilterns Woodland Project in 2008/09. She practises wood engraving, lino cutting and book arts and is a member of the Society of Wood Engravers.Susan enjoys investigating various forms of book binding through book structure and book art which provide a way of ‘packaging’ ideas within the book form. She is particularly interested in traditional Japanese, Coptic and other exposed bindings and makes sketch and blank books using handmade papers.
