Susie Redman at Collect 2024
It is little wonder that Susie Redman smiles when she talks about her work as a hand weaver, as she has cleverly woven her love of the environment – gardening, growing, making, and creating – into her carefully crafted homeware and sculptural pieces.
For Redman, sustainability is everything. That is why she grows her own willow and flax, sources local linen, and weaves on a repurposed Swedish floor loom, all the while working from a converted Edwardian station waiting room in the historic Scottish town of Burntisland.
Image: Craft Scotland Collect 2024. Susie Redman. Image courtesy of Shannon Tofts. Image above: Craft Scotland Collect 2024. Susie Redman Headshot. Image above:
Redman’s mother, a nurse, introduced her to knitting and sewing as a child, with “making” becoming a way of life. While Redman followed her mother into nursing, she became a public health specialist working within academia while nurturing her passion and love of textiles. Having previously woven with tabletop hand looms, she fell across a traditional Swedish floor loom that changed her life during a holiday to Spain with her sister several years ago. The floor loom was destined to become firewood, but after a bit of negotiation, it was delivered in pieces to Redman’s Fife home two months later, with some brief notes on how to rebuild it.
For Redman, sustainability is everything. That is why she grows her own willow and flax, sources local linen, and weaves on a repurposed Swedish floor loom, all the while working from a converted Edwardian station waiting room in the historic Scottish town of Burntisland.
Image: Craft Scotland Collect 2024. Susie Redman. Image courtesy of Shannon Tofts. Image above: Craft Scotland Collect 2024. Susie Redman Headshot. Image above:
Redman’s mother, a nurse, introduced her to knitting and sewing as a child, with “making” becoming a way of life. While Redman followed her mother into nursing, she became a public health specialist working within academia while nurturing her passion and love of textiles. Having previously woven with tabletop hand looms, she fell across a traditional Swedish floor loom that changed her life during a holiday to Spain with her sister several years ago. The floor loom was destined to become firewood, but after a bit of negotiation, it was delivered in pieces to Redman’s Fife home two months later, with some brief notes on how to rebuild it.
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